So basically they decided that naturally high testosterone helps you in the 400m, 800 and mile but doesn’t in the 200m and 100m. This is total garbage. Testosterone has a significant performance enhancing effect in all distances via improved protein synthesis androgen effects in the brain and improved recovery time etc. 400m Women are literally being forced to do the 200m instead of their main event. Makes no logical sense. Anyone know what their thought process was?
I agree that forcing 'female' (possibly hermaphrodites with internal testicles) athletes below 400M is illogical. Testosterone is all about strength, so although it makes endurance easier, it definitely makes you a faster sprinter! It'd make more difference in sprinting and power events if anything.
If you have XY chromosomes you should be classed as male and compete with men, otherwise it makes athletics a farce.
I also suspect that some of these athletes only have abnormal levels of testosterone because they have testosterone implants or were doping beforehand - although I don't know how DSD is diagnosed.
I have nothing against men wishing to declare themselves as the female gender outside of sport, before the SJWs cry and try to cancel me, but they'd still need to compete with men when taking part in any sport, because otherwise that'd be cheating. Men are about 10% fitter, faster, stronger than women.
Ratos wrote:
Makes no logical sense. Anyone know what their thought process was?
Maybe you should have testified for the IAAF in the appeal taken to CAS or are you just confused?
The_GOAT wrote:
- although I don't know how DSD is diagnosed.
I have nothing against men wishing to declare themselves as the female gender outside of sport, before the SJWs cry and try to cancel me, but they'd still need to compete with men when taking part in any sport, because otherwise that'd be cheating. Men are about 10% fitter, faster, stronger than women.
You have no idea what DSD is, but you say the 'declare themselves'...don't make a messy situation messier. Most DSD's are assigned a gender at birth by someone who may or may not have expertise...not their fault at that stage.
...but correct, 'if' your DSD gives unfair advantage you should be limited. However, how do you take away years of development and actual morphological differences?
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