A Step Closer To Protecting Women's Sports

[jackthehat]

Looks like common sense is returning from its' extended holiday.

About time, too!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-14534459/Lord-Coe-confirms-female-athletes-undergo-swab-tests.html

[Deskdiary]

Good.

 

Hopefully this will se the end of absurdities such as Lea Thomas, Hannah Mouncey and Rachel McKinnon competing against women.

[naomi24]

Good.  About time common sense prevailed.

[barry1010]

That is good news.   Maybe it could extend into other key areas of life

[jackthehat]

It used to be mandatory in the 1970s, although, if memory serves Princess Anne was excused whilst competing in the 1976 Olympics.

This was due to the testosterone, etc. given to the Soviet Bloc athletes which skewed their bodies make-up and gave them unfair advantage.

If testing had never been stopped, we would never have had to witness some of the shameful examples of cheating that have been happening in recent years.

[Lie-in King]

Good news indeed.

[ToraToraTora]

good news but why? They are all known people with birth certs etc. Born a geezer? you're a geezer, end of.

[barry1010]

Are they all known? The Chinese and Russian athletes, too?

[mushroom25]

// They are all known people with birth certs etc. //

yeh but if said person has a Gender Recognition Certificate, they are entitled to a new birth certificate in their reassigned gender.

[newmodarmy]

One issue TTT is that I'm not sure a birth certifcate on its own is evidence that the person using it is the person named on it. Or how reliable is a document purporting to be a birth certificate from say an African nation. Certainly in football it's not unknown for 20 year olds to masquerade as 16 year olds

[ToraToraTora]

19:09 I'd have thought that for proper competition they'd have certain ID requirements. Anyway OK great if they have a Y chromosome they are a bloke, end of.

[douglas9401]

Some of the blame for all of this has to be laid at the feet of Tom Jones and his promotion of YYY Delilah.

[ToraToraTora]

that sort of thing is not unusual dougy.

[rockyracoon]

This is very good news.

[tomus42]

It has to happen sooner or later to prevent sport becoming ridiculous.

[jourdain2]

Thank goodness, this should be adopted in all disciplines across the sporting world.

[jackthehat]

There will still be hundreds of women and girls who lost out on the accolades and acclaim which should have been theirs because failed sportsmen were allowed to compete alongside them, or in their stead.

[tomus42]

True Jack but we can't rewind history. We just have to get it right from now on.

[barry1010]

Slightly off topic but related.

Am I right on thinking that the nonsense of a couple of years of using trans people to advertise women's sportswear, underwear and personal hygiene products has ended? Have advertisers and big brands come to their senses? 

Haven't read any outrage in the news lately 

[youngmafbog]

Bud Light rather put aid to it.  How to tank a company on 1 esy step, straight out the Ratner playbook.

[barry1010]

Thanks, young