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In reply to the discussion: Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Or do you think that women athletes should be allowed to take supplemental testosterone up to the permissible limit applied to women athletes?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/sports/caster-semenya-loses.html
Female track athletes with naturally elevated levels of testosterone must decrease the hormone to participate in certain races at major competitions like the Olympics, the highest court in international sports said Wednesday in a landmark ruling amid the pitched debate over who can compete in womens events.
The decision was a defeat for Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympic champion at 800 meters from South Africa, who had challenged proposed limits placed on female athletes with naturally elevated levels of the muscle-building hormone testosterone.
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I believe the only sensible solution is to allow doping in sports and let it go. If that's what athletes want to do with their bodies, that's up to them.