Girl fooled into taking gender testing

[Baelfyre]

I don't, as a rule, follow sports. But this just seems wrong on so many different levels. Violation of trust; incompetence; gender issues.

As I understand it, there's no accusation that the girl has cheated, or even that she is a he. So what 'medical conditions' could a sex test check? Even if she has some kind of a condition, that just means that she's a better runner. It strikes me as penalizing the best to make room for the mediocre.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32722065/ns/sports-olympic_sports/

[voodazel]

There was a big article about this a few weeks back. As i see your points to be valid, there are enough people out there who would pull some type of crap that a need for this could be valid.

However, I think this should be done with all athletes at this level if it will be done at all. Plus, the test should have been explained.