This is *very* weird, and I need to think about it, and maybe write longform about it:
Caster Semenya, who is male, (see pinned paper) won the Olympic gold medal *twice* - notoriously in Rio in 2016 but *also* in 2012, because ...
... of the disqualification of *female* athletes who were doping with T. Those female athletes - dopers, ofc - were subsequently disqualified and their medals redistributed. This is the latest one. ...
... There's a battle for the 800m this summer, featuring Femke Bol, Audrey Werro, and Keely Hodgkinson, aiming to take down the (doped) WR of Kratochvilova. It's difficult not to think of that competition as just corrupt AF for *decades* ...
... What does this say to women who are just *good at running two laps?* "We'll give your medal to a doper. No? OK, We'll give your medal to someone male. At lesat they're not a doper!"
... Best wishes to Femke, Audrey, and Keely, duking it out and - I hope - cleaning up the record books.
But let's never forget the terrible role of the IOC in all this - albeit, thankfully, now under new management.
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