If all of those are XX then some of them had to have been taking steroids or they have a metabolic issue
Posted on 03/29/2025 10:34:04 AM PDT by Twotone
World Athletics announced it will begin mandatory gender testing for female athletes in order to protect the integrity of women's sports.
The organization formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations revealed at a press conference that after a comprehensive review, it was ready to move forward with gender tests in order to ensure female athletes at their events are indeed female.
World Athletics holds a plethora of annual events in track and field, covering sports like indoor/outdoor running, decathlons, and racewalking.
'The process is very straightforward.'
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said during the press conference that "over 70 individual groups" were involved in an "exhaustive review" that determined administering the tests was "absolutely the way to go."
"The process is very straightforward, frankly, very clear, and it's an important one," Coe explained to reporters.
The executive was directly asked if swab tests would be the testing method used to determine gender, which Coe confirmed, along with a "dry blood test."
The latter involves the simple analysis of a blood sample or "dried blood spot," which can be used as an alternative to a swab test to find endocrine, genetic, and/or epigenetic markers, according to Science Direct.
Coe revealed that the tests were not only not invasive but also "necessary."
"They will be done to absolutely international medical standards," he continued.
Coe remarked that the most difficult part of the endeavor will be to find an international provider that has the capacity to deliver large-scale tests, given that World Athletics holds events all over the world.
The governing body also said the testing would be a "once-in-the-career" type of test for a female athlete.
A reporter asked Coe if the parameters around differences of sexual development — which deals with the classification of gender — would be updated to reflect the new rules. Coe appeared to agree that the parameters should be changed.
"It's important to do it because it maintains everything that we've been talking about and particularly recently, about not just talking about the integrity of female, women's sport, but actually guaranteeing it," Coe replied. "And this, we feel, is a really important way of providing confidence, and maintaining that absolute focus on the integrity of competition."
When asked if he was prepared for any legal or media resistance, Coe said he indeed is ready to take on criticisms and that he would not have set down the path to "protect the female category in sport" almost a decade ago if he were not prepared.
It a Tranny was to race let them race in the mens.
1) XX
2) XY
3) Other
If an athlete is actually in the “other” category then maybe there is something to talk about. But it’s essentially a birth defect and it’s rare.
Maybe this is the simple way to prove to them what sex they really are. ;-)
Well, that sounds good.
Most of them are not very athletic which is why they would prefer to race girls.
If Y chrom in blood, then no go. Seems simple.
East German swimmers should have gotten the gold medal…..
Perhaps some selfless people among us could be testers for the volleyball team?
Even in the rare hemaphrodite cases one sex is prevalent over the other.
In these difficult, birth defect situations, the doctor needs to note the prevalent sex on the birth certificate accurately.
I assume they have to take physicals administered by a licensed nurse or physician so determination actual gender should be fairly straightforward. Right?
so they will bar them from taking part in any competition that results in a slot on the team too... right?
Is this track and field only?
Can the International Olympic Committee (or similar body for non-Olympic events) impose other rules?
here is an interview with one of them. Male or female???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qKFFoKJRSw&t=4s
what do you do with these people’s birth certificates?
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290981
The extraordinary case of the Guevedoces
Twig and berries, MALE. Neither of those things, FEMALE.
In the RARE case that it's an indistinguishable, then unleash the chromosome tests.
“If an athlete is actually in the “other” category then maybe there is something to talk about. But it’s essentially a birth defect and it’s rare.”
It’s my understanding that even those folks with chromosomes other than XX or XY are still born with the apparatus to produce just eggs or just sperm - one or the other, never both. That apparatus may or may not be functional and may or may not be easily identifiable (see post #16), but in terms of the gamete apparatus associated with a given individual, it’s one or the other, and never interchangeable.
“The governing body also said the testing would be a “once-in-the-career” type of test for a female athlete.” That’s all it takes...or maybe a mirror.
Full skeletal X-rays would do it but maybe not as cheaply as swabs, etc.
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