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Originally posted by tjennings
I have but one question. Do they separate between men's and women's events? If so, how?
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Good point. Last I heard, they did have separate men's and women's events (at least for sports where that's traditional). There was indeed a huge controversy at one point over transsexual women entering as women.
As far as I know they didn't get to the point of genetic testing like in the straight Olympics. As I recall, the final resolution of the issue was based on a judgement call by medical personel who were to take into into account stuff like sex-reassignment surgery and hormonal therapy. Goodness knows *I* don't have the upper body strength I used to. I've even lost about an inch of height, although my skeletal frame is otherwise pretty much what it was pretransition.
I doubt that the figure skater whose image started the thread would be permitted to compete as a woman.