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Why was the clay shooting champion not allowed to defend her title at the next Olympics?

Shotgun competitions at the Olympic Games have been held since 1968, and women have taken part in them on an equal basis with men. However, none of them could win a medal, so even before the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the IOC decided to limit women's participation in this discipline at the 1996 Olympics. But it was in Barcelona that the Chinese woman Zhang Shan took the gold. Despite the hype, the decision was not changed, so Zhang was unable to defend her title four years later. Only since 2000 have women returned to Olympic trap shooting, but now separately from men.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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