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dispin | 1 year ago

The available evidence shows that Khelif is indeed a male.

See this thread for further detail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43025035

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aredox|1 year ago

This is a ridiculous post: >In fact every medal winner in the women's 800m at the 2016 Olympics was male.

were "male" is redefined as "the 46,XY karyotype".

What's next, are we going to screen all basketball players for genes that makes one too tall?

But congratulations on Algeria, apparently a "woke" country were it is easy for men to pass as women for decades.

dispin|1 year ago

As I asked the other sceptical commenter: how exactly would you explain XY karyotype, testosterone levels in the male range, and male-typical physique - other than by the athletes being male?

https://www.alamy.com/silver-medalist-francine-niyonsaba-of-...

Also, we know that these three were deemed ineligible for future events under the revised World Athletics DSD policy which was developed with the intent of excluding male physical advantage from women's competitions.

Semenya's DSD (5-alpha reductase deficiency) is public knowledge due to the Court of Arbitration for Sport publishing a ruling revealing this. This is a DSD that only affects male sexual development, not female.