Overview

• The one-time SRY gene test requirement for female-category entry takes effect September 1 for all world-ranking competitions
• Athletics Federation of India is coordinating tests for Tokyo qualifiers and has warned non-compliant athletes they will be ruled out
• Athletics Canada has deemed Dynacare’s kits substandard and France’s 1994 bioethics law bans domestic testing, prompting a scramble for alternatives
• World Athletics reports that about half of eligible athletes have completed testing and will allow those awaiting results to compete in Tokyo
• Any adverse SRY findings discovered after the championships will be investigated, and the governing body is arranging test sites at Diamond League meets and pre-event training camps