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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 2 May 2019

    In light of the IAAF decision on Caster Semenya here's my blog on why testing (and regulating) testosterone in women's sport is a waste of timehttps://link.medium.com/9C6sn4qHnW 

    10:50 PM - 2 May 2019
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    • Jacky Hewitt Abdullah Mahmood Ag Biotech Carolyn Parsons 🇦🇴🇵🇹🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🖌🐄🔬 kim bellard Kieran Power L Graves Llew 💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology" 🍩 Musgrave
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      2.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave 3 May 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        Multiple uncorrected tests (head desk)

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 3 May 2019
        Replying to @ianfmusgrave

        Since I wrote that blog it's actually come out that they may have also fabricated data so that's not even the worst part about the study

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      2. kim bellard‏ @kimbbellard 3 May 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        It seems clear that athletes like Semenya have an advantage -- I just watched her crush the field in Doha -- so the question is how to ensure that no one has an unfair advantage, recognizing that people have all sorts of biological differences. See also: https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/05/what-no-one-is-telling-you-about-caster-semenya-she-has-xy-chromosomes/ …

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 3 May 2019
        Replying to @kimbbellard

        If course she has an advantage. But every elite athlete has an advantage, and there are athletes better than Semenya who we don't attack so 🤷‍♂️

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      1. Carolyn Parsons  🇦🇴 🇵🇹 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🖌 🐄 🔬‏ @Bongoangola 3 May 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        Y chromosome does nothing itself to improve athletic performance. Y chromo. with Leydig Cell Hypoplasia = little T. Y chromo. with 5a Reductase Deficiency = higher T but low DHT, the physiologically active form. Y with Androgen Insensitivity = high T but varied physical response.

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      2. Janet Morgan‏ @jbmorang 4 May 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        So are you arguing that there should not be separate sporting competitions for males and females?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 4 May 2019
        Replying to @jbmorang

        I think that's a complex question that is very hard to answer. My main point is that if we are going to delineate sport by gender, testosterone is not a good way to do it

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