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[Orangehair43 317]

According to this article from August the test is illegal in some countries. If correct we could find some issues emerge.  https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/track/sry-gene-testing-canadians-athletics-canada-dynacare-world-athletics-1.7618005

[konig 1,609]

4 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

iOC confrim definitive Olympic ban for Transgender & DSD athletes.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cdj7dgvlj0no

Common sense at last........

[Pasolini 287]

4 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

According to this article from August the test is illegal in some countries. If correct we could find some issues emerge.  https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/track/sry-gene-testing-canadians-athletics-canada-dynacare-world-athletics-1.7618005

This was discussed on the press conference, the athletes would have 'opportunities' to do the test in other countries during tournaments. 

[hoversaBR 883]

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Obviously a political decision, everything to please Trump

 

This is a woke decision for plenty of people, judging by 'woke' generally meaning "whatever I don't like".

And surely, many will see him as a hero for women.

 

I support the IOC's decision, but honestly, and I'm not speaking exclusively about this particular case, it bothers me how they are handling certain issues.

[Jur 700]

In all seriousness, is this even a thing in any other country than in the US?

Are there really any big trans sportwomen idk about?

 

 

Like this seems to me like a "non-issue" at this point in time, I cant really understand the big picture

[Orangehair43 317]

1 hour ago, Pasolini said:

This was discussed on the press conference, the athletes would have 'opportunities' to do the test in other countries during tournaments. 

Can see that causing some political and legal issues then. 

Edited March 27 by Orangehair43

[phelps 8,766]

9 hours ago, Jur said:

In all seriousness, is this even a thing in any other country than in the US?

Are there really any big trans sportwomen idk about?

 

 

Like this seems to me like a "non-issue" at this point in time, I cant really understand the big picture

yes, there are (or there was, at least)

don't forget that the women's 800m had world and olympic champions like Semenya, Jelimo and Nyonsaba...basically, it was 10 years of DSD winners only

the same Athing Mu was suspected to be DSD (never confirmed, but somehow she totally disappeared after Tokyo)

then, there were the 2 girls from Namibia (1 won a medal over 200m in Tokyo)

in Italy we have the living scandal Valentina Petrillo (a paralympian!!!), who's actually a real man

not to mention the weightlifter from who took part into the Tokyo Games

so, it's a real problem all around the globe, not just a US crusade against a few woke idiots

 

[Kerkun 90]

10 hours ago, Jur said:

In all seriousness, is this even a thing in any other country than in the US?

Are there really any big trans sportwomen idk about?

 

 

Like this seems to me like a "non-issue" at this point in time, I cant really understand the big picture

People focus on trans people because it's easier to pinpoint the affected athletes. Meanwhile it's the athletes with (suspected) DSDs that will have tougher time to convince the authorities and the public opinion that they belong to women's sports.

Edited March 27 by Kerkun

[Orangehair43 317]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

yes, there are (or there was, at least)

don't forget that the women's 800m had world and olympic champions like Semenya, Jelimo and Nyonsaba...basically, it was 10 years of DSD winners only

the same Athing Mu was suspected to be DSD (never confirmed, but somehow she totally disappeared after Tokyo)

then, there were the 2 girls from Namibia (1 won a medal over 200m in Tokyo)

in Italy we have the living scandal Valentina Petrillo (a paralympian!!!), who's actually a real man

not to mention the weightlifter from who took part into the Tokyo Games

so, it's a real problem all around the globe, not just a US crusade against a few woke idiots

 

Athing Mu competed in the USA trials in 2024 and 2025 post the 2023 rule changes. She also won Gold in 2022 and Bronze in 2023. 
 

Jelimo the jury is out. She doesn’t look male like the other two do. 

 

Edited March 27 by Orangehair43

[heywoodu 16,468]

11 hours ago, Jur said:

In all seriousness, is this even a thing in any other country than in the US?

Are there really any big trans sportwomen idk about?

 

 

Like this seems to me like a "non-issue" at this point in time, I cant really understand the big picture

This is going to have an effect on very likely 0 athletes, possibly 1 or 2 we don't really know about yet. It's really mostly the cheapest possible way for them to make a sort of political statement, without having any significant backlash since it won't really affect anyone at the top level of international sports.

 

Edit: worded a bit wrong, I was thrown off by everywhere 'trans women' being mentioned as the target of this. Of course there is also the somewhat larger category of DSD and the likes, which will certainly affect a few athletes - unfortunately they are often thrown under the bus or mentioned as 'not really women anyway' or something like that, despite, you know, being.

Edited March 27 by heywoodu