Harmful anachronism: World Athletics reinstates gene testing to participate in women’s competitions

Camporesi, Silvia, Heffernan, Shane M, Borry, Pascal, Brehaut, Jensen, Cable, Tim, Cooper, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-1308, Cox, Luke, Duval, Antoine, Fife, Niall, Gollish, Sasha, Guppy, Fergus M, Hamilton, Blair R, Heggie, Vanessa, Herbert, Adam, Holt, Richard, Krieger, Jörg, Loland, Sigmund, Malinsky, Fernanda, Mazzucco, Marcus, McNamee, Mike J, Ospina-Betancurt, Jonathan, Pape, Madeleine, P Pieper, Lyndsay, Martínez Patiño, María José, Pielke, Roger, Pitsiladis, Yannis P, Sánchez, Francisco J, Schultz, Jaime, Shaw, Alexandra L, Sinclair, Andrew, Teetzel, Sarah, Vilain, Eric, Stebbings, Georgina K and Williams, Alun G (2026) Harmful anachronism: World Athletics reinstates gene testing to participate in women’s competitions. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 60 (7). pp. 497-499. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2025-110787

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Article Type: Editorial
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV557 Sports > GV0712 Athletic contests. Sports events
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV557 Sports
Q Science > QP Physiology
Q Science > QP Physiology > QP301.H75 Physiology. Sport
Divisions: Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education, Health and Sciences
Depositing User: Charlotte Crutchlow
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2026 10:02
Last Modified: 01 May 2026 08:00
URI: https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16184

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