"When Semenya’s testosterone was lowered to “normal†levels, she ran in the two-minute range for the eight hundred metres, which put her comfortably among the best in the world. Now that that restriction has been lifted, she is running six seconds faster. She has gone from being very good to being, potentially, the greatest half-miler in the history of women’s running. No one will beat her in Rio. She could run the last fifty yards backward and still win. How do you think the other women in that race feel about that?"
Tough sh't isn't it? What is the argument here - she has a natural advantage over everyone else so yeah lets restrict it.
Why not restrict the hormone levels of anybody who can kick other athlete's asses? Why isn't Ledecky's natural advantage regulated? Why not regulate every athlete's testosterone, growth hormone, red blood cell etc levels so they are all the same?
"What sets Bolt apart is the length of his legs and his extraordinary percentage of fast-twitch fibers and his competitive nature"
This is mindnumbing. Where do you think all these things come from? His genes - same thing that caused Semenya to be born in the situation she is in. His competitive nature that none of his rivals have? Give me a break
And since when is 2% of 2 minutes 5 seconds?
Two pseuds talking about a subject on which they have an extremely tenuous grasp, and on such a large platform too.