We review the racing from the MTR at the Paris Olympics and discuss Hayden Wilde’s crash, Taylor Knibb’s result, plus are we seeing a shift away from ‘Gold Meaning Everything?’.

Tomas Rodriguez made a name for himself by beating IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange at IRONMAN Texas last April. Since then, he’s been hit with an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for the banned substance Clomiphene. Tomas has released a statement blaming contaminated food. Could he be telling the truth?

In sport the ability to assess who is eligible for a male or female category is fundamental to making that category work. We discuss sex testing at the Olympics and share a segment from Ross Tucker’s podcast ‘The Science of Sport’ explaining why he thinks the IOC are confused. 

(0:00:00) – Water quality in the Seine

(0:03:22) – We review the MTR at the Olympics

(0:19:22) – The sanctioning of Thomas Rodriguez

(0:36.10) – Sex testing at the Olympics

(0:38:18) – Professor Ross Tucker Science of Sport podcast

LINKS:

The Science of Sport Podcast with Professor Ross Tucker – ‘Why Sex Test an Athlete’ at https://shows.acast.com/realscienceofsport/episodes/bonus-episode-why-test-the-sex-of-an-athlete-the-ioc-seem-co

Follow Tomas Rodriguez on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tomasrodher/