Most competition sports have separate categories for men and women. The reason is immediately clear with sports where performance in numbers can be expressed, such as weightlifting or speed sports: men are stronger and faster, both average and at the top. But also with sports where agility, speed and strength go together, such as tennis or football, and with various martial arts, men clearly score higher.
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