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Olympian Sharron Davies: Female Athletes are being Blackmailed

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

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The Disadvantages of Being an Elite Sportswoman

Nintovus says she has had athletes on the phone to her in tears. They've been blackmailed into not speaking, threatened with losing their university courses and being black marks because Nintovus is a male who still has full male genitalia. It does seem strange though, doesn't it? That given what we've just said about the potential detriment to women's sport that so few people seem to want to come forward,. I understand there's this kind of cultural war raging that might make it very scary to step forward. But you are one of a small minority of sports women who are willing to talk about this.

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