Journal article
Harmful anachronism: World Athletics reinstates gene testing to participate in women’s competitions
Silvia Camporesi 
,
Shane Heffernan ,
Pascal Borry,
Jensen Brehaut,
Tim Cable,
Jonathan Cooper,
Luke Cox ,
Antoine Duval,
Niall Fife,
Sasha Gollish ,
Fergus M Guppy,
Blair R Hamilton ,
Vanessa Heggie,
Adam Herbert,
Richard Holt,
Jörg Krieger,
Sigmund Loland,
Fernanda Malinsky,
Marcus Mazzucco,
Mike J McNamee,
Jonathan Ospina-Betancurt ,
Madeleine Pape ,
Lyndsay P Pieper,
María José Martínez Patiño,
Roger Pielke,
Yannis P Pitsiladis ,
Francisco J Sánchez,
Jaime Schultz,
Alexandra L Shaw ,
Andrew Sinclair,
Sarah Teetzel,
Eric Vilain,
Georgina K Stebbings,
Alun G Williams
,
Shane Heffernan ,
Pascal Borry,
Jensen Brehaut,
Tim Cable,
Jonathan Cooper,
Luke Cox ,
Antoine Duval,
Niall Fife,
Sasha Gollish ,
Fergus M Guppy,
Blair R Hamilton ,
Vanessa Heggie,
Adam Herbert,
Richard Holt,
Jörg Krieger,
Sigmund Loland,
Fernanda Malinsky,
Marcus Mazzucco,
Mike J McNamee,
Jonathan Ospina-Betancurt ,
Madeleine Pape ,
Lyndsay P Pieper,
María José Martínez Patiño,
Roger Pielke,
Yannis P Pitsiladis ,
Francisco J Sánchez,
Jaime Schultz,
Alexandra L Shaw ,
Andrew Sinclair,
Sarah Teetzel,
Eric Vilain,
Georgina K Stebbings,
Alun G Williams
British Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume: 60, Issue: 7, Pages: 497 - 499
Swansea University Authors:
Shane Heffernan , Luke Cox , Niall Fife
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DOI (Published version): 10.1136/bjsports-2025-110787
Abstract
Harmful anachronism: World Athletics reinstates gene testing to participate in women’s competitions
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