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GENDER VERIFICATION IN SPORTS: WHO WILL BE THE COMPETITORS OF FEMALE ATHLETES (0.22 Mb, pdf) Read
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Andriyanova Ekaterina Yurievna
Trufanova Svetlana Nikolayevna
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The purpose – to analyze the current state of gender verification in women’s sports and to reveal eligibility criteria for the admission of transgender athletes and athletes with hyperandrogenism to international women’s sports competitions.

Methods and organization of the research. In pursuit of the objective, the authors used the following methods: 1) analysis of domestic and international scientific literature, 2) study of international websites containing official documents of International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). It enabled the authors to follow the transformation of gender verification policy over the recent 100 years and discover current trends and criteria for the admission of transgender athletes and athletes with hyperandrogenism to international women’s sports competitions.

Results and discussion. The analysis of literary sources has revealed that female sport events «purity» has appeared to be an issue over the recent century. The policy of sport authorities regarding these affairs has undergone essential transformation from total prohibition to working out the objective eligibility criteria for the admission of transgender athletes and athletes with hyperandrogenism to international qualifications and Olympics. The research has revealed that IAAF and IOC follow two main biological criteria for female competition eligibility – the blood testosterone level and the period for keeping this parameter. However, the above-mentioned authorities offer values for each of the biological criteria, which are twice as different from each other. Besides, IAAF has one additional legal criterion.

Conclusion. The main trend of gender verification in sports is expansion of transgender´ rights. IAAF requirements for the admission of transgender athletes and athletes with hyperandrogenism to international women’s sports competitions seem to be more complicated in comparison with IOC requirements.

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