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Dr. Eric Vilain on Transgender Athletes in Sports

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The IOC Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Et Cetera

There is a condition and a hormonal condition called PCOS that stands for polycystic ovarian syndrome. There will be a significant number of women that will be above the range. Will these women be declared ineligible by sports authorities? Absolutely not. So now we're in this situation in which we're made to be believing that a testosterone above 2.5 is unfair if there is a Y chromosome, but it's fair if there is no Y chromosome. And I'm still waiting for the science justifying that.

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