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World Athletics brings in gene tests for female category eligibility
The Star
|August 01, 2025
TRACK and field athletes aiming to take part in the female category in elite competitions will have to take a gene test from September, World Athletics has announced.
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The test will be in place in time for the World Championships which take place in Tokyo on September 13-21.
"It is really important in a sport that is permanently trying to attract more women that they enter a sport believing there is no biological glass ceiling,” said World Athletics president Sebastian Coe.
"The test to confirm biological sex is a very important step in ensuring this is the case."
The test for the SRY gene, which is part of the Y chromosome and causes male characteristics to develop, can be done by a cheek swab or a blood test.
This story is from the August 01, 2025 edition of The Star.
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