Women from all countries at Olympics for the first time

The Summer Olympics begin in London on Friday. The left-liberal daily El País highlights the fact that for the first time, all national delegations include women: "The adjective 'historical' has been used so often in connection with sport that it has lost all meaning. And yet this time one can say even before the event begins that the London Olympic Games will go down in history, because for the first time there are women in all delegations. It was an uphill struggle but international pressure forced four previously reluctant countries to accept female athletes in their delegations: Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia. … However it remains a tragic fact that after the games these women will return to their countries to battle with the same difficulties they have always faced in their everyday lives."

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