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Athletics governing body to require DNA tests for women’s sports (www.aljazeera.com)

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World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.

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[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

The rules that already prevent competition until 2 years after transitioning already 100% cover any point in time where there would be any remnant of their time spent with different hormone levels. Basically, the problem was already solved decades ago, which is why there has never been an actual issue in practice.