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This is a bit of a rehash from the London Games, but is still current according to the dateline ...
http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/athletics/there-should...
Then there is also ...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/08/ec...
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interesting read despite
the glaring misunderstandings in the first article. saying that transgender in essence change their gender, they have it backwards, and a few other things that are "iffy" i think.
love the stance on the second article, we are all different so long as its nature, not administrative.
Teresa L.
Maybe I missed the purpose
Maybe I missed the purpose for separating that competition for males and females ... I thought it was to recognize the running performance for those born without testes. If the article is correct, while her gender may well be female, her body contains testes which are producing amounts of testosterone well above those present in women who were born without that "feature." In this competition, that "feature" does provide a distinct advantage.
How to be fair to this one runner but also be fair to the rest of the competitors? Dunno!
Sara
Between the wrinkles, the orthopedic shoes, and nine decades of gravity, it is really hard to be alluring. My icon, you ask? It is the last picture I allowed to escape the camera ... back before most BC authors were born.
The way IAAF wants to "correct" things...
like this is with surgery and/or chemical castration. Sounds like there's a group of idiots the IAAF that has their collective heads stuck in the 14th century.