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Title: Sex testing lab for Beijing Olympics
Post by: Natasha on August 18, 2008, 05:31:59 PM
Post by: Natasha on August 18, 2008, 05:31:59 PM
Sex testing lab for Beijing Olympics
http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/18/content_16263487.htm (http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/18/content_16263487.htm)
8/18/2008
Olympic host Beijing has set up a gender verification lab to test
female Olympic athletes suspected to be males.
In past Olympics, male athletes occasionally masqueraded as women and
stolen medals through their greater strength, speed, endurance and
explosive force. So how do the Beijing Olympics deal with this
problem? And what measures have been taken to verify the gender of the
athletes?
http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/18/content_16263487.htm (http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/18/content_16263487.htm)
8/18/2008
Olympic host Beijing has set up a gender verification lab to test
female Olympic athletes suspected to be males.
In past Olympics, male athletes occasionally masqueraded as women and
stolen medals through their greater strength, speed, endurance and
explosive force. So how do the Beijing Olympics deal with this
problem? And what measures have been taken to verify the gender of the
athletes?