World Athletics has announced the introduction of DNA testing for female athletes to ensure eligibility, affirming its commitment to preserving the integrity of women's sports. President Sebastian Coe declared the organization's determination to protect the female category following a meeting in Nanjing, emphasizing that the majority of stakeholders supported this approach. The testing will reportedly not involve invasive methods, as Coe specified that it could include simple procedures like cheek swabs to minimize discomfort while ensuring fairness in competitions.
We will doggedly protect the female category, and we'll do whatever is necessary to do it, and we're not just talking about it.
Preserving the integrity of competition in the female category is a fundamental principle of the sport of athletics.
It's important to do it because it maintains everything that we've been talking about, and particularly recently, about not just talking about the integrity of female women's sport, but actually guaranteeing it.
Cheek swab or dry blood tests, it's along the lines of something that will be administered once in the career of an athlete, a female athlete.
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