I agree because of your point two. However, having the event listed twice has no effect on how you might or might not order the data.

The listing isn’t dependent on the men’s order, the events are just ordered in a seemingly logical sequence. Otherwise the hurdle sprint would be at the bottom instead of the middle.

I agree I also would like to see the events listed on both sides.

Or the events to be listed in the center and the two bars to diverge from the center. I think that would have rooted the event to be at the center but it might compel the user to compare men and women's data. Not sure how making users compare is good or , this case at least.