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    The 1926 Women's World Games (Swedish II. Internationella kvinnliga idrottsspelen, French 2èmes jeux féminins mondiaux ) were the second regular international...
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  • athletics programme from 1900 to 1912, as well as at the 1922 and 1926 Women's World Games. The event was contested at the Amateur Athletic Union championships...
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  • won the women's shot put title in 1925, 1928 and 1929. At the 1926 Women's World Games, he finished sixth in the two-handed shot put, where the final...
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    IWSF changed the name of the event to the Women's World Games for the 1926 version. The 1926 Women's World Games would be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. The...
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  • London. 1926 – The 1926 Women's World Games were held in Gothenburg, Sweden. 1926 - The first evidence of women playing organized football was in 1926. It...
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    been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed...
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    in the Women's World Games was made possible through sponsorship by Idun, a prominent Swedish women's magazine. Svenska dagbladets Årsbok 1926 Runeberg...
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  • The Women's World Games were the first international women's sports events in track and field. The games were held four times between 1922 and 1934. They...
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  • Jayne Mansfield; 1933–1967), actress Vera Palmer (athlete) in 1926 Women's World Games This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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    Marguerite Radideau (category Women's World Games medalists)
    participated in early women's international competitions. She won two gold, one silver, and one bronze at the 1926 Women's World Games and competed in the...
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  •  168. "World Cups 1926–1997". Women's Cricket History. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012. "Women's World Cup, 1973...
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  • Dorothy Scouler (category Women's World Games medalists)
    British athlete specialising in running. She took part in the 1926 Womens World Games as part of the 4×110 yds relay team for the United Kingdom. Alongside...
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    Athlétiques Féminins à Monté Carlo". The games were a runner-up to the 1921 Women's Olympiad and 1922 Women's Olympiad. The multi-sport event was as previous...
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    adequately reported, and they somewhat resemble the later world championship matches. Approximately 85 games (the true number is up for historical debate) were...
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    these spectacles. Women's sumo continued to exist despite a government ban in 1926. The practice would only die after the end of World War II, with the...
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  • prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football. Sport in Wales Football in Wales Women's football in...
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    world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepng'etich broke the women's world...
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  • 1922 Women's World Games (French Jeux Olympiques Féminins, also "Women's Olympic Games") were the first regular international Women's World Games and the...
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  • 1-0 IK Sirius World Series 2–10 October — St. Louis Cardinals (NL) defeats New York Yankees (AL) to win the 1926 World Series by 4 games to 3 Negro leagues...
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    Inga Gentzel (category Women's World Games medalists)
    until 1943. Gentzel won the silver medal in the 1000 m at the 1926 Women's World Games. Gentzel represented Djurgårdens IF. She held Swedish titles in the...
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  • Eileen Edwards (category Women's World Games medalists)
    first world record at the 250 metres in 1924 and improved to 33.4 when she won the gold at the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg. At the same games, she...
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    member of the International Cricket Council with Women's Test, Women's One Day International, and Women's Twenty20 International status. The team has played...
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    Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football...
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    games in the series have been contested in Philadelphia, including every game from 1932 to 1982 except three games that were relocated due to World War...
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  • Vera Searle (category Women's World Games medalists)
    Edwards) in the 250m at the 1926 Women's World Games, held at the Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. In October 1926, she married Wilfred Edwin...
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    Professor Andrew Newton formed a Women's Boxing Club in London. However women's boxing was hugely controversial. In early 1926, Shoreditch borough council...
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  • Natural History Museum [sv], and Slottsskogsvallen open. 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held. 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens. 1936...
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  • List of US Open women's singles champions List of Grand Slam women's singles champions Known as the Australasian Championships (1905–1926) and as the Australian...
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    Muriel Cornell (category Women's World Games medalists)
    the 1926 Women's World Games in Gothenburg at which she placed second, recording 5.44 m, behind Japan's Kinue Hitomi. Cornell exceeded Hitomi's world record...
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    country." The Nordic Games have now become a national concern for our entire people." They were held every four years thereafter through 1926. Many believe that...
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