Olympics Wise Up On Gender Testing, Finally

[Mnemosyne]

Olympics Wise Up On Gender Testing, Finally
http://www.livescience.com/history/080805-olympics-gender.html
By Jeremy Hsu, Staff Writer
posted: 05 August 2008 09:57 am ET

"Unfortunately, some statement was made in Beijing which gave the impression that something new would happen in the area of gender verification at the Beijing games," said Dr. Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC's medical commission. "That is not the case. The screening for female gender that was instituted in 1968 was done away with [before] the Sydney Games [in 2000] for scientific and ethical reasons."

[Suzy]

"One produces a urine sample under direct vision," said Dr. Joe Simpson, a gynecologist and executive associate dean at Florida International University College of Medicine who consulted on eliminating gender testing from the Olympics. "If that's the case, it's impossible to imagine a male masquerading as a female if someone's watching them urinate."

I don't even know where to start with this comment.

Kristi