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| Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says |
| 2025-09-22 |
| [Outkick] A new report from World Athletics reveals what many women’s sports advocates have been warning about for years: Dozens of male athletes with differences in sex development (DSD) have been dominating women’s track and field for more than two decades. In a presentation Friday at the World Championships in Tokyo, Dr. Stéphane Bermon — head of health and science at World Athletics — revealed that between 50 and 60 DSD athletes who went through male puberty have competed in the finals of elite women’s track and field events since 2000. In total, Bermon said 135 DSD finalists were identified between 2000 and 2023 (because many competed in multiple events). Athletes with male biology are "significantly over-represented" in women’s finals, Bermon explained, which "compromises the integrity of the female competitions." DATA SHOWS DSD ATHLETES OVERREPRESENTED IN WOMEN’S FINALS The data, which was pulled from years of anti-doping testing, showed consistently elevated testosterone levels. Officials say the actual number of DSD athletes is likely even higher. This new report lands just as World Athletics begins enforcing its updated eligibility rules for the first time at a global meet. Starting with the 2025 Worlds in Tokyo, any athlete who wants to compete in the women’s category must take a one-time genetic test. That test looks for the SRY gene, which lives on the Y chromosome and triggers male development. If the gene is there, you're male, and you’re not eligible to compete in the female category. "We are saying, at elite level, for you to compete in the female category, you have to be biologically female," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said. "It was always very clear to me and the World Athletics Council that gender cannot trump biology." |
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