I still wonder why people make a distinction between the achievments of man and woman. It cant all boil down to muscle as we do know since the stone ages. Whenever a woman is actually equal, or in this case, Ellen Mc Arthur is better than any other sailing man, the prefixed difference of the sexes becomes questioned. Uncorrupted nature doesnt care who you are and who survives. The task to survive is the same for both sexes. Why do you think society needs to create gender.
I agree, do we sit in wonder of what sexual preference a top class ballerina may have? Not unless she has short hair me thinks. This fascination of who's what is not healthy and we need to move on.