I should have clarified by adding "some", including horse and motorcar racing, How about a woman (since they are usually smaller and lighter) as a coxswain in rowing?
Re: Swimming, I think women do better at long distance swimming than men. Yes? No? Maybe?
Lindsey Vonn is gorgeous, she can do whatever she wants.
Like Mary Pierce she kept her virginity into her 20's. Once they got over that hurdle they got down and got with it! Tiger Woods and Robbie Alomar became shells of their former selves.