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Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says | Athletics

Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says | Athletics

Between 50 and 60 athletes who went through male puberty have been finalists in the female category in global and continental track and field championships since 2000, according to a senior World Athletics official. World Athletics has introduced SRY screening, a gene test that uses a cheek swab to assess if someone is biologically male or female, for the world …

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