re: Is there a sport where women can compete with men at the NCAA D1 level

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Is chess or darts a D1 sport?

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Not a sport but even so women can't compete with the men in chess. The currently active women's world #1 who is actually fairly dominant to her peers would be just out of the top 100 compared to men. There has only ever been 1 woman, a pretty extreme outlier, who could compete at a truly elite and even level with the top men.

As you can see with the chess example there is more to it than just physical limitations. Maybe it is mostly a cultural thing. I don't know. But in general, women just don't care about competing like men do.