Athlete loses medal for failed gender test

[javasaurus]

This Fox News article tells of a woman who received a silver medal at the recently held Asian Games, and is now going to lose the medal for failing a gender test.

This brings to mind the following question: Noting that in some sports (including many track-and-field events) men generally outperform women, how should event judges treat an athlete who has changed gender?


Edit: as I reread this, I am hit by the image of the bridge guard from Holy Grail. "Are you a man or a woman?" "Ummmmmm, a woman. No, wait, AAAAAAAAAAHHHhhhhh...."

Comments

[cozit.livejournal.com]

That's a tough one, as generally folks don't change gender until adults... with the bone and muscle formation that comes along with it. Now *some* of that does change with the gender change, but not all...

So I can see where they would have to have *some* problem with it, performance ability wise, when it comes to major competitions. Though I think that it shouldn't keep anyone from competing in general.

On the other hand... there are *so* many different body types out there already...

(BTW... you're silly :-)