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Title: Harmful anachronism: World Athletics reinstates gene testing to participate in women's competitions.
Authors: Camporesi S; Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Regulation and Integrity in Sport, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium silvia.camporesi@kuleuven.be.; Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Heffernan SM; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK., Borry P; Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Brehaut J; Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Cable T; Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK., Cooper J; Faculty of Business and Law, University of Gloucestershire, Toronto, Cheltenham, UK., Cox L; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia., Duval A; T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, Netherlands., Fife N; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK., Gollish S; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Guppy FM; School of Energy, Geoscience, and Infrastructure, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK., Hamilton BR; Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK., Heggie V; School of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK., Herbert A; Centre for Life and Sport Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK., Holt R; Southampton National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.; Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK., Krieger J; Department of Public Health, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark.; Department of Organisation, Leadership and Management, University of Inland Norway, Lillehammer, Norway., Loland S; Institute for Sport and Social Science, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway., Malinsky F; Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Faculty of Science and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China., Mazzucco M; Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., McNamee MJ; Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Regulation and Integrity in Sport, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.; Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium., Ospina-Betancurt J; Departamento Didáctica de la Expresión Corporal. Facultad de Educación y Trabajo Social, Universidad de Valladolid (UVa), Valladolid, Spain., Pape M; Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland., P Pieper L; Department of Sport Management, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USA., Martínez Patiño MJ; Faculty of Educational Sciences and Sports, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain., Pielke R Jr; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA., Pitsiladis YP; Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Faculty of Science and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China., Sánchez FJ; School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA., Schultz J; Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA., Shaw AL; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK., Sinclair A; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Teetzel S; Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Vilain E; Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA., Stebbings GK; Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK., Williams AG; Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise and Medicine, Research Centre (A-STEM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.; Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.; Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London, London, UK.
Source: British journal of sports medicine [Br J Sports Med] 2026 Mar 23; Vol. 60 (7), pp. 497-499. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 23.
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