This week World Athletics has reintroduced gene testing for all athletes competing in female categories at world ranking events.

This week World Athletics has reintroduced gene testing for all athletes competing in female categories at world ranking events. The move is framed as a means of ensuring fairness in competition and protecting women competing in the female category. But is this truly in the best interests of the athletes it affects?

Gender eligibility in sport is not a new issue. Sports bodies have been wrestling with the conundrum of including gender diverse athletes – which includes both trans athletes and athletes with differences in sex development (DSD) – in competitive sport for many years, and there has been some progress in knowledge and understanding of this nuanced

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