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Athletics 2020 Discussion Thread


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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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4 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

38.56 WL,for Femke Bol in the Ostrava 300m hurdles.

Pretty meaningless though given how rarely 300m hurdles is run and even more so this year.

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quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

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3 hours ago, MHSN said:

quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

Problem is there are no universally agreed rules, each sport must make their own and then defend them in court.

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5 hours ago, MHSN said:

quick question, what was the rule regarding sex verification before IAAF/WA applies this new rule to prevent Semenya ?

 

or in another word, what's the rule in other sports ? where they draw the line that someone is a woman or not ?

here's a good summary about the history of the "sex verification" issue...

 

and it has quite some obscure and dark sides, too...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_verification_in_sports#:~:text=Chromosome testing was introduced by,during the 1968 Summer Olympics.&text=A resolution was passed at,verification during the Olympic Games".

 

meanwhile this is the full document about the current IOC rules about female hyperandrogenism (which is previous to the last WA rules)...

 

https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Commissions_PDFfiles/Medical_commission/2012-06-22-IOC-Regulations-on-Female-Hyperandrogenism-eng.pdf

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Miroslav Úradník new WL in the 3000m Race Walk 11:07.21 he beat Matej Tóth 11:22.47 tonight in the PTS meeting in the X-Bionic Sphere Centre in Šamorín

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