Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesdaypatins, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement.
The move comes amid an increasingly vexed debate over eligibility rules in female sports and comes less than a year after the issue erupted at the Paris Olympics when questions about the qualifications of two women who went on to secure gold medals in boxing led to tumultuous — and at times disturbing — scenes inside and outside of the ring.
7723betThe move is essential to protect female sports, said Sebastian Coe of Britain, the head of track’s governing body, World Athletics, and a former double Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 meters. He said the new policy, which will subject competitors to what is described as a noninvasive cheek swab or dry blood DNA test, was part of his vow to “doggedly protect the female category and do whatever it takes to protect it.”
World Athletics said the new tests could be in place in time for its next world championships, in Tokyo in September.
“We’re not just talking about the integrity of female women’s sport, but actually guaranteeing it,” Mr. Coe told reporters in Nanjing, China. “And this,66jogo we feel, is a really important way of providing confidence and maintaining that absolute focus on the integrity of competition.”
Mr. Coe, an unsuccessful candidate in the recent election to lead the International Olympic Committee, has been a polarizing force in his zeal on this issue. The debate over women’s eligibility criteria has led to pitched battles — mostly played out in the bear pit of social media — over who has the right to compete. Track since 2023 has banned transgender athletes from women’s competition.
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The play’s producers asked Mason to fill in for Farrow, according to the show’s spokesman, Rick Miramontez. The lead producer, Chris Harper, explained the situation to the audience; the vast majority stayed, and Mason was greeted with a standing ovation when she walked onstage with LuPone. She performed with script in hand, occasionally flubbing a line, but only minimally, given her familiarity with the show and its staging.
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