"One of the world's most prestigious sporting events, the World Athletics Championships, got underway in the Japanese capital, Toyko, on Saturday. Tens of thousands of spectators gathered in the city's National Stadium to watch the final lap of the opening 35-km (28-mile) men's race walk ahead of the day's other competitions. The championships, due to run till September 21, are taking place four years after Tokyo hosted the 2020 Olympics with a year's delay."
"Ahead of the event, the World Athletics federation reimposed an obligation on athletes wanting to compete in the female category to undergo a gene test to determine their sex. It said on Friday that about 95% of female athletes set to compete in Tokyo had completed the SRY test, designed to detect a "Y" chromosome found in males, thus complying with a September 1 deadline."
"Coe has defended the federation's policy, saying the test fostered the "protection and the promotion of the integrity of women's sport." The test is, however, considered an unreliable indicator of femaleness by many, as the "Y" chromosome can be present in females without giving them a male physiological advantage. In a sign of how controversial the matter is, athletes from France were forced to have the text conducted at foreign training sites as their country has banned that kind of screening for nonmedical purposes."
World Athletics Championships opened in Tokyo with tens of thousands in the National Stadium for the men's 35-km race walk final lap. The championships run until September 21, occurring four years after Tokyo hosted the delayed 2020 Olympics under pandemic restrictions that previously banned fans. World Athletics reimposed an SRY gene test requirement for athletes competing in the female category, and about 95% complied by the September 1 deadline. The federation says the test protects women's sport integrity, while critics call the test an unreliable indicator of femaleness, raise privacy concerns, and link the screening to broader culture war debates.
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