More than that, the standard in the women's game suffered because the top female players were not allowed to compete against the men. If nothing else, her resu

More than that, the standard in the women's game suffered because the top female players were not allowed to compete against the men. If nothing else, her results are a useful data point; that making a sport mixed really does equalise the standard for both genders (assuming it's not a sport dependent on physical size and strength.) This should encourage similar sports to do the same.