So the Angolan or Armenian…something like that…female boxer controversy is interesting. First let me say I can see both sides so long as they’re based on facts. I’m not dying on either hill. So this is the gist as far as being able to compete as a woman.
Pros: She was born with a vagina, she was raised a girl, competed as a girl her whole career. She’s good but not great. She’s lost to numerous “real women”. She’s competing of course in a division of women of similar weight.
Cons: she failed a gender test last year in the world championships allegedly for high testosterone levels and having the xy chromosome. (The results have not been publicly published)She’s very masculine and could pass for a man easily.
Pros again: women do occasionally have the xy chromosome as well as high testosterone. It’s rare but does happen. She’s never been accused of doping and all indications are this is just how she was born.
Cons again: having the xy chromosome could mean she’s “intersex” which is a broad term but basically means you have traits of both sexes. So that would seem to be an unfair advantage. The one bout I watched looked like a huge mismatch. BUT genetic advantages exist in all sports ESPECIALLY the Olympics. It is after all a competition to find the strongest, fastest, etc and those born with certain genetic traits def have an advantage. Just look at how different body types excel at certain sports. Is naturally occurring high test any more unfair than being 7 feet tall or having a 44 in vertical?
Anyway there’s only two choices so would you put a person born with a vagina in the male? A person with xy chromosomes in the female? She’s not violating any rule of the IOC so she can’t be DQ’d