The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Women's_Olympiad" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1921 Women's Olympiad">1921 Women's Olympiad</a> began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monte Carlo">Monte Carlo</a>, becoming the first international <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_sports" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Women's sports">women's sports</a> event.<sup about="#mwt222" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-42"}}' id="cite_ref-42" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-42" id="mw9w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 42;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-A">[42]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt226" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"}}' id="cite_ref-43" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-43" id="mw-Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 43;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-g">[43]</span></a></sup>
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