The Enhanced Games: How to Take Drugs and Still Lose to High Schoolers
It's hard to convey to a non-track person how slow this meet was. Even for people past their prime.
Steve Magness
· 6 min read
Olympics
A collection of 6 posts
The IOC Is Protecting Female Athletics. Canada’s Secretary of State for Sport Isn’t Happy About It
On his Facebook page, Adam van Koeverden accused the IOC’s defenders of channelling ‘stupid conservative pseudo fantasies.’
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Podcast #247: Should Imane Khelif Be Allowed to Box Against Women?
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with biologist Emma Hilton about the controversy surrounding a champion women’s boxer whom critics accuse of being biologically male.
Quillette
· 16 min read
The Chauvinist/Gender Theorist Alliance
The boxing debacle in Paris has cast an embarrassing spotlight on the IOC’s willingness to embrace nonsensical gender theory.
Jon Pike
· 6 min read
Ladies in Leotards
Exploring the implications of beauty standards in women’s gymnastics.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read
XY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy Explained
The historical, political, and medical context of the Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting cases.
Doriane Lambelet Coleman
· 13 min read