That’s a compound sentence because on both sides of the comma and the coordinating conjunction are independent clauses
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Women were strong competitors.
Some people thought that it was "disgusting and degrading" for women cyclists to compete.
Women worked to break each other's records in cycling.
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B. The tone is light hearted due to words like “whodunit” and “er taste.”