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The Guardian - UK
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Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says

Caster Semenya competing in the women's 5,000m heats at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
Caster Semenya, who won Olympic gold at the 2012 and 2016 Games, has not raced at elite level since World Athletics introduced rules requiring DSD individuals to suppress their testosterone levels. Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Images for World Athletics

Between 50 and 60 athletes who went through male puberty have been finalists in the female category in global and continental track and field championships since 2000, according to a senior World Athletics official.

World Athletics has introduced SRY screening, a gene test that uses a cheek swab to assess if someone is biologically male or female, for the world championships in Tokyo.

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