Track and Field to Be First Olympic Sport Requiring DNA Sex Tests for Women
The change affects women with atypical genetics who have been able to compete if they suppressed their testosterone levels.
50 legendary athletes who've changed the world of women's sports
From shattering Olympic records to breaking barriers, these women have been influential in changing the world of women's ...
Female athletes will undergo genetic test, World Athletics president says
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the genetic test after proposals to tighten eligibility rules in women's ...
World Athletics to require gender testing for female track and field athletes under new policy
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the decision following a council meeting at the World Indoor Championships ...
World Athletics to require gender test for female track and field athletes
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said the testing plan is “not just talking about the integrity of female, women’s ...
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RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES
Latin America’s first Paralympics will be remembered as the peoples’ Games where the people of Rio turned out in their droves to support athletes of all countries ... Rio won the right to stage the ...
World Athletics to require chromosome testing of athletes in women’s track and field
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek ...
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Epidemiology of imaging-detected bone stress injuries in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics
Our study included 25 bone stress injuries reported during the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games. They occurred more commonly in women, mostly in the lower extremities and most commonly in ...