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The New York Times is reporting that the Beijing Olympics organizers have erected a gender determination lab to test female athletes suspected of being genetically male. "Male" and "female" in this circumstance are defined wholly chromosomally. "The concept has drawn criticism over the years, largely because certain chromosomal abnormalities may cause a woman to fail a test, even though it gives her no competitive advantage," according to the Times. Until 1999, these tests were required of every female Olympian, but because of the invasive and controversial nature of the procedure, they were discontinued; now the tests are allowed only if a woman's gender is called into question. (Indian middle distance runner Santhi Soundarajan, pictured above left, had her silver medal from the Asian Games stripped from her in 2006 for failing a chromosome test.) More »
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