Sex tests expose dozens of athletes with male advantages competed in women`s World Athletics finals since 2000
A presentation at a World Athletics panel in Tokyo on Friday revealed that 50 to 60 athletes with male biological advantages have been finalists in the female category at global and continental championships since 2000.
The panel was led by the head of the World Athletics Health and Science Department, Dr. Stephane Bermon, who said sex tests were necessary because of an " over-representation " of DSD (differences of sex development) athletes among finalists, per multiple reports.
Controversy around the issue in World Athletics arose when South Africa's Caster Semenya won Olympic gold in the 800m at the 2012 and 2016 Games. След това на Олимпиадата в Токио през 2021 година Кристин Мбома от Намибия претендираше от сребро на 200 м.
Златен медалист Caster Caster Semenya от Южна Африка стои на подиума по време на церемонията по медала за женските 800 метра на Олимпийските игри през 2016 година в Рио де Жанейро, Бразилия. (Патрик Сми...
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