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brewens

(15,359 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2024, 07:00 PM Aug 2024

I see not one iota of of confirmation that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif had any kind of issue other than being [View all]

screwed by phony test allegations by the Russian head of the IBA after she beat a Russian boxer.

Nothing about any DSD issue either. I've only ever seen "reportedly" on that. Pure speculation after it was confirmed she was not trans. Like these religious apologists like to do. Their bullshit blows up on them and they have to find some way to make it work.

Before I go full-on medieval on some MAGAts over this, I want to know if anyone has any confirmation of a DSD issue.

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I see not one iota of of confirmation that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif had any kind of issue other than being [View all] brewens Aug 2024 OP

Not all girls look like Cinderella. madaboutharry Aug 2024 #1

What is a "DSD Issue"? maxsolomon Aug 2024 #2

Differences in sex development that could cause a woman to have naturally higher testosterone. n/t brewens Aug 2024 #4

Ah. OK. maxsolomon Aug 2024 #11

Swyer's does not have a Testosterone advantage LostOne4Ever Aug 2024 #20

I thought I'd read that. maxsolomon Aug 2024 #29

I didn't know what DSD was either. So I looked it up. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #6

I haven't seen any comment either was about that from anyone reliable. What the IOC and Algerians have said brewens Aug 2024 #13

It's disgusting how she has been treated based on a questionable blood test 2 years ago. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #3

"Questionable" is generous. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #5

Precisely. It must have been the same preliminary tests everyone took, and they pull that after the win. brewens Aug 2024 #8

They sound positively Republican, don't they? "Trust us. And oh by the way, if our team loses... Hekate Aug 2024 #17

EXACTLY !!! Chinese swimmers had questionable blood test 2 months ago !!! The OC allowed them to clear themselves uponit7771 Aug 2024 #23

I don't think there is a clear confirmation of anything. LisaL Aug 2024 #7

The formal statement from the IBA is far les explicit. Ms. Toad Aug 2024 #10

That they won't release the test results, nor tell exactly what the test is Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #22

Honestly I think IOC could have both anticipated and headed this whole controversy off with a well-worded hlthe2b Aug 2024 #9

Difference, not "disorder" GenThePerservering Aug 2024 #12

A very ugly excuse. And we don't disqualify other athletes with differences that are advantages. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #24

Why doesn't she simply have a reliable chromosome test performed Disaffected Aug 2024 #14

It's not on her to do anything other than put a middle finger in their faces if she so chooses. She has a medal to win. brewens Aug 2024 #15

So, go with the finger or Disaffected Aug 2024 #16

The pretty face comment wasn't directed at you but it does have a lot to do with it. Now a common response is, brewens Aug 2024 #18

Sounds like cops that say if you didn't have anything to hide, you'd let me search. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2024 #25

Because that doesn't determine sex. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #19

IOC simply goes by what passport says. LisaL Aug 2024 #26

Who you want to do that if you were in her shoes LostOne4Ever Aug 2024 #21

No evidence of her being intersex either LostOne4Ever Aug 2024 #27

Her father says she's a girl Linda ladeewolf Aug 2024 #28

French media is reporting she has 5-alpha reductase deficiency marshall Nov 4 #30