2012伦敦奥运会的十个“第一次”

The first event to take place in the 2012 Olympics, before even the opening ceremony, is women’s football; this seems to be an overt way of announcing an increased sense of gender-equality. For one thing, Saudi Arabian women will for the first time be allowed to compete, this coming only after the Olympics threatened to ban the Saudi Arabian team over gender discrimination. Show jumper Dalma Rushdi Malhas will gallop into action as the first female representative of the nation.
比开幕式更早，奥运会上最早比赛的项目是女子足球；这是在公开宣告男女平等意识的增强。除此之外，沙特阿拉伯的女子第一次得以参加比赛，而就在此之前，沙特阿拉伯队还因为性别歧视受到禁赛的威胁。作为第一位国家女子队代表，障碍赛骑手达尔玛·鲁斯蒂·马尔哈斯将骑战马参加比赛。