Blurred Lines: The Ills of Conflating Doping and Hyperandrogenism Regulations

This article specifically deals with women whose testosterone exceeds the acceptable range prescribed by World Athletics (‘IAAF’) (a condition referred to as hyperandrogenism). The author highlights the discriminatory nature of the regulations that apply to these women and argues that the current doping regulations further aid such exclusion of women from sports. It concludes by stating that firstly, separate, and improved regulatory mechanisms are required to deal with the issue of hyperandrogenism in sports and secondly, that filling this legal gap by using doping samples as per World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA Code, 2021) to verify gender is unethical and discriminatory. Continue reading Blurred Lines: The Ills of Conflating Doping and Hyperandrogenism Regulations