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The Tragic Tale of an Athletics Doper / Athletics' New Transgender Rules

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The IOC's Consultation on the Inclusion of Female Athletes

I would I would suspect they it was probably quite clever politics you have to remember that Seb Co has been a senior British politician he's been around the corridors of international sport as well for a long long time. So by almost putting out what sighting we're already done and saying well look this is our preferred option what do you think he probably knew what they thought. It doesn't surprise me athletes are afraid to speak out on this issue because they feel they'll lose contracts they'll be targeted. The amount of social media Lindsey Sharp who finished six in the Olympic Games in 2016 800 meters behind three athletes with a DSD got was overwhelming so you can understand why she didn't want to talk about

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