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The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Is There a Difference Between Men and Women in Women's Sport?
Newanceto: If we say a really simple event like the 100 meters, that the only way you match male and female is to take two athletes from different levels us we call e pecentiles within those two coverts or populations. End result would be inviting relatively mediocre males to be at the same performance level as exceptional females. And if we come back again to the fairness argument, that seems to undermine fainness, because you're effectively giving someone a head start in order to make them equal. That's the problem. O, yes. We want that steamer wat to be, we want that female handemisevana, who is exceptional, to be rewarded for being exceptional
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