Running Like a Girl: Athletics Performance of Women Whose Eligibility is Subject to World Athletics DSD Regulations

• DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/axvqz_v1
• Publication Date: 2025-02-21T17:33:19Z
• Authors: Sasha Gollish; Shane M. Heffernan; Adam Herbert; Madeline Pape; Catherine M. Sabi...; Georgina Stebbings; Alun Gwyn Williams; Roger Pielke
• Keywords: Girl

This paper compares four running events (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m) in terms of (a) official in-competition career-best performances nine women with natural variations their sex characteristics known to fall under the World Athletics Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification – Athletes Differences Sex Development (DSD) (b) distribution all those Paris 2024 Olympics both men and women. The analysis shows that, despite not having suppressed testosterone as required compete regulations, none these perform like are well within range women’s performances. Evidence whose eligibility is subject DSD regulations does support claim that regulation necessary counter “insuperable” performance advantages over other