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

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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Trans Women in Female Sport: What to Do?

The world athletics decision does what the IOC should have done. They've said no longer are we going to invite this to happen until proven otherwise, we're going to ask for it to be proven and then we'll consider doing it. The science is cool because it backs those women up. It's the foundation, maybe on which they stand. But now triathlons in a situation where two-thirds of their sport has got a policy different to them. How is that tenable? You cannot imagine saying you're illegal, illegal in the swim, you're okay on the bike, but you're illegal in the run. That's the situation thanks to the flaccid leadership of

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