I'm all in favor of the rule, except that it should apply across the board, to all events.
This implementation looks very political.
It's also being attacked as racist, see
https://citizen.co.za/sport/south-africa-sport/sa-athletics-south-africa-sport/1908398/castersemenya-but-what-about-all-those-muscly-white-women-asks-twitter/
We have lots of other rules to make competition fair. This is just another such artificial rule.
Age-group racing depends on discriminating between young and old. It's a wholly artificial rule.
Boxing has weight classifications. If a heavyweight identifies as a middleweight and wishes to fight in that weight class, why do we discriminate against them ? should they not be able to use their natural advantages to compete ?
This implementation looks very political.
It's also being attacked as racist, see
https://citizen.co.za/sport/south-africa-sport/sa-athletics-south-africa-sport/1908398/castersemenya-but-what-about-all-those-muscly-white-women-asks-twitter/
We have lots of other rules to make competition fair. This is just another such artificial rule.
Age-group racing depends on discriminating between young and old. It's a wholly artificial rule.
Boxing has weight classifications. If a heavyweight identifies as a middleweight and wishes to fight in that weight class, why do we discriminate against them ? should they not be able to use their natural advantages to compete ?
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doug in co: Apr 27, 18 12:43