Men=Women; Women=Men

Dont get me wrong. I am not here to promote bi-sexual or trans-sexual relationship, and neither am I a MCP. What I am trying to refer to are the performance of women in any kind of sports, as compare to what men can achieve. At the professional level where the performance of women versus men in the sports arena, the gap is getting narrower - and thats what I believe.


























Just look at what Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam are trying to do. Both are actually trying to make their cut into men's professional golf championship where they will give a shot at matching the men. I believe both of them have the quality in terms of skills to do that and give the men a run for the money. The good thing is that such healthy challenges are well supported especially by their sponsors and event organisers.















If you try to divert away from golf, the similar situation is also happening in the international areana of marathon races. Base of the results of the two recent races - London Marathon 2006 and Boston Marathon 2006, the time difference between the men and women champions is less than 20 minutes. Although 20 minutes can be a big gap in terms of the measurement by elite runners but I think over the years, the gap is getting smaller and smaller. Maybe when the standards are so closed, there should not be any separation in men and women categories. If this happen, it will be very exciting to see how both sexes compete together and the results of individual achievements be it men or women.

London Marathon 2006
Men Champion - Felix Limo 2:06:39
Women Champion - Deena Kastor 2:19:36

Boston Marathon 2006
Men Champion - Robert Cheruiyot 2:07:14
Women Champion - Rita Jeptoo 2:23:38

And in the local scene, I do also experience similar trends, where the performance of women in sports are on the upturn, although there is still a significant gap in between the two genders. As we move into the new world, we should give due respect to women engaging in any kind of sports. They can be as good if not better than the men.

Hats off and my salute to all the women out there striving very hard to compete with the men, not only in sport but in anything they do.

Men=Women; Women=Men