Former British athlete Lynsey Sharp has instructed Sky News she thinks she might have received a bronze medal on the Rio Olympics in 2016 had right this moment’s gender testing guidelines been in place then.
In a significant coverage overhaul launched this 12 months, World Athletics now requires athletes competing within the feminine class on the elite stage of the game to take a gene check.
The exams determine the SRY gene, which is on the Y chromosome and triggers the event of male traits.
The exams change earlier guidelines whereby athletes with DSD had been in a position to compete so long as they artificially lowered their testosterone ranges.
Read extra: https://news.sky.com/story/gender-testing-rules-would-have-earned-me-an-olympic-medal-says-former-uk-athlete-lynsey-sharp-13433920
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