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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says

World Athletics identified 50–60 athletes who underwent male puberty competing in female finals since 2000 and implemented SRY cheek-swab gene screening for championships.
Women
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Gender testing returns to track, stirring up harsh memories and doubts that date to the 1980s

World Athletics reinstated the SRY gene test requiring female-category athletes to submit by Sept. 1, prompting debate over fairness, privacy and the integrity of women's sport.
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Sex testing in athletics a setback to science? DW 09/01/2025

"It takes me back to the 1950s and 1960s, when women practically had to go through a series of controls, had to undress in front of a panel of doctors," she told DW. "I get the impression that we haven't advanced from a scientific point of view. We've made practically no progress if it's now categorically said that women with X and Y chromosomes are not women."
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London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

World Athletics monitoring outstanding Grand Slam Track payments to athletes

Outstanding athlete payments from Michael Johnson's Grand Slam Track series are being closely monitored by World Athletics.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Gout Gout breaks own 200m record; beats Bolt's Golden Spike debut time

Gout Gout clocked 20.02 seconds in his first senior race abroad at the Ostrava Golden Spike, breaking his own national record by two hundredths of a second.
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