长期以来,任何牵涉竞赛成份的运动项目,都被人认为不宜“上年级”的女人参加。所谓“上年级”,只不过是针对二十岁左右的女性而言,没人能够相信她们可以打败比这个年令要少几岁的少女选手们。体操运动员出成绩的最佳时候是十五六岁左右;接着,十九、二十岁不到便开始退休,这似乎早已成为一条定律,它清楚地说明一切。但三十八年前,荷兰三十岁的芬妮参加了四个唯一让女性参赛奥运会项目。作为此届伦敦奥运会最 For a long time, any sport involving competitions has been considered by women as unfit for “first grade.” The so-called “upper class” is nothing more than a 20-year-old woman who believes that they can beat teenage girls younger than this year’s age. The best time for gymnasts to score is around fifteen or sixteen; then, starting retirement after nineteen and twenty years of age seems to have become a law that clearly states everything. But thirty-eight years ago, Fanny, a 30-year-old Dutch, took part in the only four women’s Olympic entries. As the most London Olympic Games