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Task Describe the effects of gender and race on performance in sport and exercise. Through research give practical examples of where a certain race or gender has proved a disadvantage or advantage in particular sports Although it is commonly believed that women are not as skilled at sports as men are due to their lack of muscle fibres and strength. Until recent years, the female body was regarded as a weaker, less efficient, form of the male body and because of these views on the female body; women were actively warned by their physicians not to take part in exercise, because their bodies were too weak to handle it. Men, on the other hand, have been actively exercising and engaging in sports for about as long as men have existed. Women have had a lot of ground to cover to make up for lost time, and they are doing this slowly but...

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