New Mixed Events Under Spotlight At Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics have seen an increase in gender equality on the field of play. The Games feature a record 18 mixed team events in 10 sports.
This figure is double the previous total in the 2016 Rio Games. The new events include mixed team judo, table tennis doubles, and swimming relays.
Saturday marked the Olympic debuts of some of these competitions, including mixed team in trap shooting.
Nakayama Yukie of Japan has competed in individual trap events at four previous Olympics. But the mixed event gave her a chance to compete for the first time with her husband, Oyama Shigetaka. The couple finished fifth.