I've a suspicion that almost *every* female Olympic gold medalist is abnormally high in testosterone or otherwise much closer to biological men in some way than the average woman.
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That may just the nature of being #1 in the world at something that is ordinarily very masculine: women who are biologically more "masculine" than average will always have an advantage.
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You're wrong there. These are intersex people with a genetic defect, not masculine women. In fact elite middle distance women tend to have classically feminine bodies. Melissa Bishop here, #4 in Rio, who should have received the gold.pic.twitter.com/u6TR0q71eE
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What is "intersex?" There are XX's and XY's. There are the rare XXY's who have high bodyfat, a pear shape, and poorly developed male sex organs. Seems pretty straightforward: test for a Y chromosome.
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Often it seems to be a defective chromosome. Turner syndrome is an example.
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Still, not a biological category for "intersex." Klinefelter's or Turner's are just not going to show up in athletic events
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In practice, that seems to be exactly the biological category in use. A defective gene, or a missing gene, or an extra gene. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
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But not "intersex." Turner's and klinefelter's have health problems and don't reach top tiers where testing a consideration & still manifest as female male respectively Cases r males w malformed genitals but otherwise testes v. ovaries. Or healthy males adopting fem. persona
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Simple solution: add a new class of runners, just as 1984 Olympics officials added the super-heavyweight class to boxing.
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One class for non-users, and another (no medals, though) for those who test high in performance enhancers, testosterone, steroids, growth hormones, etc.
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The tallest short person - the contest
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I'm just looking forward to the Lomachenko fight Sunday night in MSG. Somebody please explain his magnificent boxing skill. His opponents just quit fighting.
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