Overview

• At a Tokyo presentation, Dr. Stephane Bermon reported 135 finalist appearances by athletes with DSD since 2000 and a 151.9-fold over-representation versus population estimates.
• World Athletics has introduced a cheek-swab SRY screening for eligibility at the upcoming world championships in Tokyo.
• Officials said the figures were derived from anti-doping data detecting elevated testosterone, a method that may not capture every DSD case.
• President Sebastian Coe defended the policy as essential to the integrity of women’s sport, stating that gender cannot trump biology.
• Andrew Sinclair, who identified the SRY gene, criticized relying on the test as overly simplistic and not cut and dried.