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DR. SIEGEL: The simple answer to Olympic boxing's complicated problem

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03.08.2024

Debate over the biological sex of a boxer who won a women's match at the Olympic Games is sweeping the globe. Here's what Americans have to say about the issue.

When it comes to high level competitive sports, it makes total sense that there should be no competitive advantage. That’s why doping is universally banned, and why there are frequent doping tests. It is also why so much consternation and international friction exists between the U.S. and China over suspected doping cases that China and global authorities supposedly covered up.

But a different – though related – question arose in the Olympics in Paris this week, namely what about a high testosterone level, not from anabolic steroids, but from a genetic variance or so-called Differences of Sex Development (DSDs)? This is not the same question as whether transgender women born as males have an advantage competing in women’s sports. That is a different debate. Today’s question is about Imane Khelif, of Algeria, who identifies as a woman but was disqualified from the 2023........

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