I'm all for not auto-trusting an organization like the IBA (or the IOC for that matter!). But I'm trying to construct a scenario in which the IBA publicly lies that it conducted two separate chromosome tests on both athletes, publishes that lie, and alerts the IOC in June 2023.
2/ What would be the purpose of such an audacious, sprawling double-lie? I think you can simulatneously think the IBA is corrupt and that that doesn't automatically render invalid every position the org has ever taken.
3/ Also, in this scenario, neither athlete appeals or makes any attempt to reestablish eligibility under the IBA standard. If they are in fact eligible this would be a pretty easy thing to prove, even for an athlete of limited means, especially if they raised a ruckus about it.
4/ Sorry I think one of them appealed but then dropped it, so "neither athlete appeals" isn't right. But neither fully went through with an appeal.
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