Originally Posted by Leisesturm

Of course there is a longer list than just Lia Thomas and Veronica Ivy. The names aren't important. The dozens of big city 5K's, Swimming and Triathlon events, etc. that are being infiltrated with formerly male athletes is growing. It is all but stopped at the International level by contested bans on athletes that transitioned after puberty and/or less than 3 years prior to competing as women. That there is any controversy about this is troubling. There is over the top vilification for a doped male athlete competing against other doped male athlete that wins an event by scant fractions of a second but there is praise for a formerly male athlete that wins a cycling event by 15 minutes. If using inherent biology against competitors that lack those same secondary sex characteristics is not also seen as using PED ... I don't know ...