Sex testing in Beijing

[ponytayne]

I haven't seen a thread on this, but there is a story linked on front page about this: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 419301.ece

What do we all think about this. I know there have been some cheats in the past, but how common has this been? What determines who gets tested? WHO determines it? Does a formal protest have to be filed, or is some old man watching the competition thinking "she looks manly, let's test her"?

[EPelle]

Good questions. Use this as a resource:
http://mb.trackandfieldnews.com/discuss ... hp?t=32110

[cacique]

some good posts here (the longer ones):

http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/ ... -athletes/

i'm sure we've gone down this road before, with the case of that poor woman, santhi sundarajan. i hope she's doing ok (the last i heard, she tried to commit suicide).