To ask why people this Laurel the weightlifter will win?

[PollyPopa]

She's biologically male obviously but also hasn't got as good a personal best as some of the other (biologically female) competitors

Just wondering, that's all! I don't agree she should be in that competition either by the way but nothing to say she will win since her personal best isn't as great as some of the others

Female category and open category seems fair to me.

Caster just said in that interview they were raised like a boy

@VladmirsPoutine

Caster Semenya isn't a 'man'. She is however one of the best examples of misogynoir I've ever come across.

Okay, can you please explain a bit more about 5ARD then? I had understood it was a condition affecting only XY males. Is that not right?

I know Caster is married and her wife carried the baby which was made with Caster’s sperm.

@TheBurmundseyIndustrialEstate

I know Caster is married and her wife carried the baby which was made with Caster’s sperm.

So Caster produced sperm therefore he is male. All previous medal and records should be stripped off him.

Caster is male but widely assumed to have been brought up as a female. I don't know if it has been confirmed that Caster is able to produce sperm and so fathered the couple's child. I think it is possible though.

However, the bottom line is still that Caster is male and should not be competing against female athletes. Same goes for anyone else who has the same DSD. I've seen comments by some that athletics scouts in some African countries actively search for athletes with DSDs such as 5-ARD as they know they will have an advantage.

Olympic s 2016 winner podium for the women’s 800 metres.
All three of them are male but hey be kind

@Proudboomer

Olympic s 2016 winner podium for the women’s 800 metres. All three of them are male but hey be kind

Yes. It's the openly transgender thing that LH is not actually celebrating, didn't ask for and is not trying to gain any attention for!

Pshaw!

Sorry. Meant to add that it is all well saying LH is a trojan horse, or threw it so it could be said "Hey ho, TWs won't necessarily always win" they already have - all the bloody time, when not openly trans.

It's just another step...

I can see this starting to effect football soon, it will be interesting to see how thats treated wiith the money involved in US womens football