World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.
The Olympics have nothing to do with the original Olympics anymore, do they? They have skateboarding ffs. But trans is too far.
Actually, now I’m curious how they will handle cases of people with more than 2 chromosomes.
And, who runs these organisations? Are they under US influence?
Which original Olympics? In nude? With OG disciplines?
To be honest, the classic disciplines are boring.
I liked skateboarding, breaking (breakdance).Maybe we should be more unisex, add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.
add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.
I know it wouldn’t be unheard of (art used to be a category) but I’d hate this so much because to me, the Olympics are a celebration of physical excellence.
Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said on Wednesday that track and field’s governing body had agreed to introduce the testing to keep the “absolute focus on the integrity of competition”.
That’s the point I was addressing. The Olympics have change a lot. If they want to talk about integrity, they’ve already lost.
Maybe we should be more unisex, add more shooting, chess, card games, e-sport, Formula E, etc.
This is why I don’t watch the Olympics anymore. They are a parody of the original.
Finding a Y chromosome isn’t that helpful where performance is concerned as it isn’t just XY and XX out there and some chromosomal abnormalities can mean you are less susceptible to testosterone which can impact development.
There are people with genetically high red blood cell counts or lung capacity. Usain Bolt has a much higher percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibres (top sprinters tend to be 80-90% compared to the average of 50%). Are we going to test for those too?
Human biology is complicated and the more we know the less black and white it becomes. A crude genetic test isn’t going to help with this.
