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Mosby

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2. They stopped doing genetic testing in 2000.

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Sun Aug 18, 2024, 01:15 PM

Aug 2024

And they won't do physicals because they think it's violates some made up international privacy right.

Eta - the only think they do is measure testosterone, which has to be lower than 2.5 nmol/L for 6 months prior to the competition.

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Chromosome Count: Who Gets to Decide Which Athletes Are 'Feminine Enough' to Compete? [View all] niyad Aug 2024 OP

Shameful. MIsguided is an understatement. Passages Aug 2024 #1

They stopped doing genetic testing in 2000. Mosby Aug 2024 #2

Shameful doesn't begin to cover this attitude. DemonGoddess Aug 2024 #3