Reading Baron Pierre de Coubertin - Routledge Online Studies

Let us not forget that the Olympic Games are not
parades of physical exercises, but aim to raise, or at
least maintain, records. Citius, altius, fortius. Faster,
higher, stronger. That is the motto of the International
Committee, and the fundamental reason for the
existence of any form of Olympism.
Whatever the athletic ambitions of women may be,
women cannot claim to outdo men in running,
fencing, equestrian events, etc. To bring the principle
of the theoretical equality of the sexes into play here
would be to indulge in a pointless demonstration bereft
of meaning or impact.
(Coubertin 1912f: lines 29-36)