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Theyve been on the cusp for years, and Australian women have finally tipped the Olympics gender scales in their favour.For the first time in Rio, more females than males will represent the country at a summer Olympic Games.Wednesdays late call-up of the womens rowing eight following the Russian teams doping-related ejection took Australias total tally to 419 athletes.Significantly, the breakdown is now 212 women and 207 men - making the contingent 50.6 per cent female.Its a very strong statement that shows womens sport is genuine sport, Australian Olympic team boss Kitty Chiller said.It is elite competition just as much as mens has been over time.Its about time the female athletes were given the credit, recognition and accolades they so richly deserve.The Australian Winter Olympic teams have a slightly longer history of gender parity, with an equal number of women and men competing at the Vancouver 2010 Games and more women than men at Sochi 2014.Globally, female sport has made vast leaps since women first took part in the modern summer Olympics in 1900.At those Games in Paris they comprised 22 of 997 athletes - or 2.2 per cent - competing in tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrian and golf.Skip forward 116 years to Rio and Australias women are a genuine shot at winning gold in traditionally male sports such as rugby sevens and football.Alongside them are a stack of other gold medal prospects including superstar swimming sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, canoeist Jessica Fox, BMX rider Caroline Buchanan and rower Kim Crow.Interestingly, Australias women have won more Olympic medals than their male counterparts in recent years despite being slightly fewer.Women took 20 of 35 medals at London 2012, though only three of eight golds.At Beijing 2008 they scooped up 23 of 46 medals (24 if counting silver in the mixed equestrian team eventing) and eight of 14 golds.The timing of the shift perhaps reflects the progress of female sport in Australia, evidenced by the growing momentum around womens football, the new AFL womens league, Womens Big Bash cricket and netball.London Olympic silver medallist Fox, who has been striving for a larger female representation in her sport, said she was delighted.Womens sport in Australia is really taking off, Fox said from Rio.Female athletes have had more recognition in the last couple of years and its really growing.The team of 419 will be Australias fifth largest behind Sydney (632), Athens (482), Beijing (435) and Atlanta (424). 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A rare full day off turned out to be just what the Pittsburgh Pirates needed to keep Jeff Lockes winning streak going.Getting six hits and six RBI from the bottom four batters in the lineup certainly helped, too.Jody Mercer homered and had an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from three runs down to beat stumbling ace Sonny Gray and the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Friday night.Matt Joyce added two hits, Josh Harrison drove in two runs while Andrew McCutcheon doubled and scored on a wild pitch to help the Pirates to their first win in their history at the Coliseum and just their second in 13 games between the two franchises.Its kind of what we saw the first two months of the season when we were connecting all dots, top to bottom in the lineup, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. June was hard. The lineup has played much more consistent . than any other time here.The Pirates beat the As in their first meeting since 2013 by taking advantage of another shaky outing by Gray (3-7).He gave up seven runs, hit a batter and threw two wild pitches in six innings while losing his sixth consecutive decision. The right-hander, third in the 2015 AL Cy Young voting, is winless since April 22.Marcus Semien hit his 17th home run of the season for Oakland.Hell figure it out and hell get better as the year goes on, As manager Bob Melvin said. Theres always going to be a year thats not as good as others. So fa this is the one for him.Pittsburghs 5-6-7 hitters combined for six hits, five RBI and four runs scored. Chris Stewart, the No. 9 hitter, drove in the go-ahead run with a fielders choice grounder in the fifth.Thats what makes our team us, Harrison said. It can be anybody, and thats what we have to get back to.Mercer homered in the third and added an RBI single as part of a two-run fifth.Harrisons two-out, two-run double in the sixth put the Pirates up 7-3.LOCKED INPirates starter Jeff Locke (8-5) also struggled early but retired the final nine batters he faced to win his third sstraight.dddddddddddd He gave up three runs over five innings with three walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers combined to retire the final 12 batters and complete the four-hitter. It was a strong finish, Hurdle said. His fastball wasnt of the quality that we had seen the last two times out . but he stayed in the hunt, made pitches, battled and finished very strong. Thats a sign of maturity.LINEUP SHUFFLEJed Lowrie had decent results while batting leadoff for the first time this season. He drew a walk from Locke in the first before Semien homered on a 3-2 pitch. Oaklands second baseman added an RBI double in the second to make it 3-0.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Ryan Vogelsong faced hitters while throwing off the mound in the latest step of his recovery after getting hit in the face with a pitch on May 23. Vogelsong, who underwent surgery on June 2 to repair the multiple fractures he suffered, remains on the 60-day disabled list and isnt eligible to return until July 23. . Right-hander Gerrit Cole (triceps strain) also pitched a simulated game prior to the series opener with Oakland. The Pirates are encouraged but havent determined what the next step is. . Francisco Cervelli (broken hamate in left hand) continues to make progress and could catch the next round of sim games for Vogelsgong and Cole.Athletics: Infielder Tyler Ladendorf was recalled from Triple-A Nashville before the game. Left-hander Dillion Overton, the losing pitcher against San Francisco on Thursday, was optioned down. Overton went 1-1 with an 11.42 ERA in two starts.UP NEXTPirates: Right-hander Chad Kuhl (1-0) pitches against Oakland on Saturday in his second career start in the majors after beating Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in his debut.Athletics: Rich Hill is expected to come off the disabled list to start against Pittsburgh. The left-hander had been out since May 30 with a strained groin. ' ' '