Litmus test for testosteronehome/Sports/Sports Columns/Litmus test for testosteroneIf you’re a female athlete, are you supposed to look like Miss Universe? The International Association of Athletics Federations, governing body of world track and field or athletics, recently rejected Semenya’s challenge against IAAF’s rules regulating testosterone in female athletes. The IAAF’s regulations compel “hyperandrogenic” athletes — those with “differences of sexual development” or DSD to “lower their testosterone levels if they wish to compete as women.”“Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid in male humans. Sulaiman and Navalta were perceived as not female enough by Philippine track and field honchos at the time when the two girls were making their “female” rivals eat their dust. Shut the door on basketball players who have naturally high testosterone levels because they are too tall?

Source: Manila Times May 21, 2019 16:20 UTC