Tobi Amusan Faces Mandatory Gender Test Ahead of 2025 World Athletics Championships
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 31/07/2025
Starting September 1, 2025, World Athletics will require all female athletes, including Nigeria’s world record-holding sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, to undergo a one-time genetic test to verify biological sex for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. The test, using a cheek swab or blood sample, will check for the SRY gene typically found on the Y chromosome.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe defended the policy, stating, “At the elite level, you must be biologically female to compete in the female category. Biology cannot be overridden by gender.” Coe emphasized the rule’s role in (…)
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