Forensic DNA analysis provides new viewpoint on sex and gender issues in competitive sports
23 - 24 April 2011
NRC Handelsblad has recently published an article entitled "Sporters kennen geen vrouwen meer" about sex and gender issues in competitive sports.
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This article refers to a scientific paper recently published by Kaye Ballantyne, Manfred Kayser and Anton Grootegoed in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. In this article, the authors address by means of forensic DNA analysis of a historical case, new viewpoints on sex and gender issues in competitive sports.
The case involves the Dutch track athlete Foekje Dillema (1926-2007), who was expelled for life by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation, due to the results of a 'sex test'. Notably, the conclusion reached by the authors are in full agreement with new rules and regulations governing the eligibility of females with hyperandrogenism to participate in women's competition, announced on 12 April 2011 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), although they were drawn completely independently from IAAF.
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23 - 24 April 2011
Forensic DNA analysis provides new viewpoint on sex and gender issues in competitive sports.
