Athletics: Athletics want to tighten the gender rules: “Must protect women’s sports”

– This ensures that the regulations keep up with the latest information we have available. Preserving the integrity of the women’s class is a fundamental principle in athletics, says WA’s (World Athletics) chairman Sebastian Coe, According to The Guardian.

In the wake around the infected debate around 800 M runner Caster Semenya, which sued WA in several instances, the union has acted to protect women’s sports and introduced restrictions on testosterone boundaries and male genetic sets.

A working group will hand over its report to WA’s Board of Directors in early March. The proposal means that you have to prove that you are a woman in a biological context to compete.

A test on dried blood

It means practically that you leave a saliva test, which you will only have to do once during your career. A test on dried blood could also be used, writes Independent.

Two years ago, WA banned people who had undergone puberty as boys because investigations show that trans women had a capacity advantage.

Recently, Donald Trump wrote under a presidential order prohibiting transgender people in women’s sports in the United States.

“It’s about common sense,” says Trump.

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