This whole T Level witch hunt because of Semenya has resulted in massive discrimination towards female athletes with natural high T. In order to bring Semenya, who has male DNA into line, now female athletes without male DNA must reduce their T levels. This is totally unfair. If the athlete has female chromosomes, they should be allowed to compete with their natural T levels.
Who was the moron that decided the sole difference between men and women was T levels?
Calling out idiots In IAAF wrote:
If the athlete has female chromosomes, they should be allowed to compete with their natural T levels.
What if the person has "female chromosomes," but has an SRY gene translocated onto on of those X chromosomes?
I agree, athletes are not all biologically the same. If one athlete has a biological advantage over another, as long as the advantage is natural, good for them.
I found this with a search. The 5 nmol/L limit seems reasonable to me.
the IAAF said: “The 5 nmol/L limit used in the IAAF regulations is not ‘arbitrary’. Rather, it is based on a comprehensive survey of all reliable reported data, which established that female athletes with ovaries will usually have testosterone in the range 0.06 to 1.68 nmol/L, and will not get anywhere near 5 nmol/L; whereas athletes with the DSDs (differences in sexual development) covered by the IAAF regulations will have testosterone levels in the normal male range (7.7 to 29.4 nmol/L) or above.”
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