Photo: Getty ImagesUniversity of Otago researchers are suggesting the need for radical change in the "outdated structure of the gender division'' used in elite sport. Existing gender categories in sport should perhaps be abandoned in favour of a more "nuanced'' approach in the new transgender era, the researchers say. They explain the recent IOC guidelines allow transwomen to compete in the women's division if (amongst other things) their testosterone is held below 10nmol/L. However, far from arguing that transwomen be excluded, the authors are in favour of a radical change to what they describe as "the outdated structure of the gender division currently used in elite sport''. Otago researchers call for gender binary in elite sports to be abandoned to cater for trans athletes.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2019 22:52 UTC