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As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived.

It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex.

It wasn't popular for college athletics to embrace Title IX.

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.

Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

There's no doubt about it that my participation in sports allowed me to compete in the business world in a very gender-neutral way.

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.