Controversy at Olympics
Female boxing
Like many children of the 70s, I came of age watching Olympians like Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis, Scott Hamilton, and Carl Lewis. They were like young gods; the world held its breath as they gracefully broke the rules of gravity, time, distance, force and speed. The laws of nature appeared to bow to their […]
A new study has shown that temporarily boosting testosterone levels hugely impacts on athletic performance in female athletes, increasing the time before exhaustion in athletic activities by nearly 10%, a finding which will fuel the growing calls for greater limits on the ability of transgender athletes to participate in female sports.