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"Men's and ladies darts should be separate. I don't think any lady will ever go to Ally Pally and win that. If you think that, you're being silly," said Greaves last July.

She’s a former Tri-Delt from the University of Florida, but she can’t meet the minimum standards of Southern lady scorn to match that pedigree.

The 47-year-old claimed Olympic gold in the ladies’ singles at the 1994 Winter Games, where she represented her home country of Ukraine, becoming the nation’s first Olympic champion since it was declared independent in 1991.

While extolled by supporters as Venezuela’s “dama de hierro” — the iron lady, a sobriquet bestowed decades ago on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — Machado is a controversial figure, even within the Venezuelan opposition.

"We were founded nearly 140 years ago by a lady who read Black Beauty, and she was inspired to help London's cab horses," she said.