A GOOD Guardian article?! Female only sports.

[Binglebong]

I don't want to worry anyone but this is a good piece. It probably only got in so they can say they're "balanced" and comments are turned off but still shocking!

Apologies if there is already a post on this - I couldn't see one.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/ioc-decision-female-category-olympics-trans-athletes

An excellent articles, with all the facts and their implications clearly presented. In fairness to the Guardian, very few articles now allow comments, probably because it costs too much to moderate them.

There's a link to the "other side" article in here somewhere if you want to read it for balance. Like getting the flat earthers in to talk about recent space exploration.

Thanks, but no thanks. I think I'll stick with commonsense and fairness.

Thanks for posting the link OP.

The Guardian posting a fair and realistic article discussing men in women's sports - wow! I spose it had to happen...eventually but I'm quite surprised 🙂

It's a really good article by Tanya Aldred; shows what happens when you get a proper sportswriter on the case. Sean Ingle covers this stuff really well, and Oliver Brown in the Telegraph. The 'other' IOC article today is from the Guardian US website and the writer has never written about sport before, as far as I can see

Having said above I wouldn't bother, I have actually skimmed the article on Guardian US, not to the benefit of my blood pressure. What a word salad, with so many statements just plain wrong. Infuriating stuff.