I.O.C. Adopts Policy for Deciding Whether an Athlete Can Compete as a Woman

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I.O.C. Adopts Policy for Deciding Whether an Athlete Can Compete as a Woman

By JULIET MACUR
Published: June 23, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/sports/olympics/ioc-adopts-policy-for-deciding-whether-athletes-can-compete-as-women.html?_r=2&hp

Three years after international sports officials drew widespread criticism over the handling of the case of a female athlete who was accused of being unfairly masculine, the International Olympic Committee has adopted new regulations for determining whether someone should not be allowed to compete as a woman if her gender is questioned under those rules.

In addressing one of the most vexing and personal issues in sports — how to draw a line between male and female, when human anatomy is often mixed — the organization decided to use testosterone levels as the determining factor.