If you look into athletics, there are a lot of girls that are like me, facing the same problem. What do you want your legacy to be? I might transition into maybe politics. I always want to see change in my community. I want to be that person who is going to be out there for people and make sure that whatever I promise I deliver to my people.
When we spoke less than two years ago after a race at Stanford, you ruled out politics for your future. What changed? You grow. My issue is political. And they are being affected. What do you mean? Sports is never fair. Would you run for president? Why is your case a human-rights case? You want to stop me from being me.
You want to change me. I was born the way I am. I cannot change. Write to Sean Gregory at sean. By Sean Gregory. But experts have also criticized the testosterone standard , arguing that research on the effects of the hormone in female athletes is flawed.
The available evidence does not convincingly show that high testosterone actually gives women an advantage in the , , and 1,meter races, bioethicist Silvia Camporesi and her co-authors Simon Franklin and Jonathan Ospina Betancurt wrote in a blog post at the British Journal of Sports Medicine last year.
Many physical characteristics give people an advantage in sports, advocates note, but no one demands that they change those characteristics. Swimmer Michael Phelps has exceptionally long arms, which gives him an advantage in his sport, Pagonis said. The track and field world is trying to figure out what it means to be female. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower through understanding.
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