But she was irked that despite the many advances of female athletes in the last half-century, powerful male athletes are celebrated and powerful female ones are suspect. Implicitly, it questioned the decades of relentless scrutiny of female athletes — especially the most successful ones. Female athletes, intersex and not, wondered just how this case would affect their lives. to suspend its testosterone policy, too, so she would be eligible to try to qualify for the Rio Games. At the hearing, both sides agreed that synthetic testosterone — doping with anabolic steroids — does ramp up performance, helping male and female athletes jump higher and run faster.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2016 10:52 UTC