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Old 05-19-2004, 05:58 PM
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IOC gives go-ahead for transsexuals to compete

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Transsexuals were cleared Monday to compete in the Olympics for the first time.

Under a proposal approved by the IOC executive board, athletes who have undergone sex-change surgery will be eligible for the Olympics if their new gender has been legally recognized and they have gone through a minimum two-year period of postoperative hormone therapy.

The decision, which covers both male-to-female and female-to-male cases, goes into effect starting with the Athens Olympics in August.

The IOC had put off a decision in February, saying more time was needed to consider all the medical issues.

Some members had been concerned whether male-to-female transsexuals would have physical advantages competing against women.

Men have higher levels of testosterone and greater muscle-to-fat ratio and heart and lung capacity. However, doctors say, testosterone levels and muscle mass drop after hormone therapy and sex-change surgery.

IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said the situation of transsexuals competing in high-level sports was "rare but becoming more common."

IOC medical director Patrick Schamasch said no specific sports had been singled out by the ruling.

"Any sport may be touched by this problem," he said. "Until now, we didn't have any rules or regulations. We needed to establish some sort of policy."

Until 1999, the IOC conducted gender verification tests at the Olympics but the screenings were dropped before the 2000 Sydney Games.

One of the best known cases of transsexuals in sports involves Renee Richards, formerly Richard Raskin, who played on the women's tennis tour in the 1970s.

In March, Australia's Mianne Bagger became the first transsexual to play in a pro golf tournament.

Michelle Dumaresq, formerly Michael, has competed in mountain bike racing for Canada.

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Old 05-21-2004, 12:11 AM
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All out alert...
Clear the decks...
All out alert...
Transsexual Olympics to feature Bugs Bunny in drag in your friendly neighborhood this summer...
Stay tuned for more breaking cutting edge nostalgia...
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Old 05-21-2004, 12:15 AM
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Knowing how obsessed some of these athletes are, I honestly wonder if any would consider a sex change in hopes of medaling. Top ten but not top three in some track and field event? You might make the top three competing as a woman, right?
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Old 05-21-2004, 12:19 AM
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My interest would be strictly social in that I would want to cover the inside track; the locker room celebrations and all.
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Old 05-21-2004, 12:25 AM
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Transsexuals in the Olympics? Didn't we used to call them "East Germans"?
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Old 05-21-2004, 02:56 PM
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Why d r a g the " East Germans" into this? They are 2 busy climbing over the ruins of their ego-manifested incriminations...I'd surmise that we've given them too much credit to know how to pull it off. You think?

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