Tested: Unfair Advantage?

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Episode 5: A battle over science and ethics unfolds. World Athletics releases and then tweaks multiple policies impacting DSD athletes, while critics cry foul. In this episode, World Athletics doubles down on its claims, Caster Semenya challenges the rules again, and we dig deep on a big question: what constitutes an "unfair" advantage on the track?

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0:24.0	In March of this year, Christine Boma finally hit a major milestone.
0:30.0	According to World Athletics, she had to keep her testosterone down for six months.
0:37.0	And after tinkering with the meds and a lot of close monitoring, she hit the mark.
0:42.4	Hank and Elise Botha, her coach and doctor,
0:45.0	sent off the proof and waited.
0:48.0	And a few weeks later, they got a letter from World Athletics.
0:52.0	Christine was cleared to compete. later they got a letter from World Athletics.
0:52.8	Christine was cleared to compete.
0:56.2	With the letter in hand, the race was well and truly on.
1:01.4	The Paris Olympics were just four months away. If Christine wanted to be there, there was just one more step. She had to actually qualify.
1:11.0	She had to run a qualifying time at a world athletics accredited meet.
1:16.0	Christine's coach, Hank, considered competitions all over the world.
1:20.0	The one place he didn't want Christine's first race back to be was the Kipkano Classic in Nairobi.
1:27.0	It's also emotional, that's where she was injured.
1:30.0	Plus, she would already have all eyes on her because of the saga with her medication and
1:36.8	DSD status.
1:40.1	But because of visas and scheduling issues, Hank couldn't avoid it.
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