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Factbox: Olympic progress for women – Seiko Hashimoto set to replace Yoshiro Mori

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Japan's Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on September 16, 2020. [REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Fie Photo]

Seiko Hashimoto, 56, Japan’s Olympics minister and a competitor in seven Games, looks set to replace Yoshiro Mori as president of the Tokyo organising committee after he resigned amid an outcry over sexist comments about women.

Following are milestones in the battle for equality in and around the Olympics.

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