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The Long History of in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports

Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and where the science really stands.

By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Jeffery DelViscio

"Rachel Feltman: There have been a lot of headlines in recent years about . But this isn’t actually the first time debates over biological sex have caused controversy and exclusion in the sports world.

"Even athletes who identify with the sex they were assigned at birth, meaning people with XX chromosomes who were assigned female at birth and identify as women today, can find themselves banned from elite competition on the basis of their biology."

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Scientific American · Sex Testing in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports Is Based on Flawed ScienceBy Rachel Feltman
Apr 01, 2025, 11:33 PM·Public
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