At the Games, two formerly obscure boxers found themselves at the center of a global firestorm over whether genetic tests should bar them from the women’s division, even though the International Olympic Committee required a passport, not testing to participate. Olympic officials confirmed that the two athletes are not transgender, but sidestepped the question whether they have an XY disorder of sexual development, or XY DSD.
In 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport found a “striking overrepresentation” of athletes with XY DSD on the female podium, going back decades. XY DSDs are male conditions.
To solve the problem,World Athletics and World Aquatics, among others, have established detailed, science-backed rules for participation that rely on genetic and hormonal markers. The controversies of past Games didn’t affect track and field or swimming in Paris
To understand why this is the right approach, it’s important to go back to basics.
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Every day boys and men compete against other boys and men who have obvious physical advantages that they do not have. The ones with the physical advantages predictably prevail in most cases, and the others are expected to accept the outcome. No one seems to care about their confidence, nor should anyone. The whole point is to identify who the best performers are, regardless of whether it results from inborn physical advantages, better coaching, more parental resources, or anything else.
By you logic there should be no separate sport events for men and women.
We don't have separate law firms for men and women, to take just one example. And if we did, we wouldn't be doing women any favors. Most women would thrive working alongside men, and those who wouldn't could opt for an all-female firm, but they would be regarded as big fish in a small pond, and rightly so.
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Sports are not just a game to a professional athlete or one trying for a college scholarship. Athletes playing "games" make a lot of money, and young athletes playing games can earn a high value education paid for by playing that game.
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