The articles I read mentioned Swyer Syndrome. But - who really knows - it’s all speculation at this point.
Here’s why I’m going to assume they’re both women until proven otherwise:
- Their birth certificates say female, and they have always competed as women.
- Other women have beaten them in competition. Here’s Imane being beaten by an Irish boxer in the 2020 Olympics: https://x.com/yogijunior3/status/1819289543276744766
- The IBA didn’t test Imane and Yu-Ting until they qualified for medals, and the IBA isn’t sharing details of those tests.
- The IBA isn’t testing everyone. They seem to cherry-pick athletes.
I never heard of Fatima Whithead before. Yes, she looks very muscular in those photos.
IF they were female they could have gone to the Supreme Court for sports . CAS. Simple. They could scream Russians are lying and faked the tests. Or they could say the test from the labs were wrong.
This is very very easy for them to prove. ALGERIAN withdrew his appeal. Asian never bothered.
It is reasonable to conclude the two genetics tests run on them are accurate.