Illustration by Luke Medina/NPR; Photograph/Getty Photographs
Illustration by Luke Medina/NPR; Photograph/Getty Photographs
Examined is a brand new 6-part sequence from NPR’s Embedded and CBC.
Who will get to compete? Because the starting of girls’s sports activities, there was a battle over who qualifies for the ladies’s class. Examined follows the unfolding story of elite feminine runners who’ve been advised they will not race as ladies, due to their biology. Because the Olympics strategy, they face laborious selections: take medicine to decrease their pure testosterone ranges, quit their sport solely, or combat. To know how we bought right here, we hint the stunning, 100-year historical past of intercourse testing.
Hosted by journalist Rose Eveleth (Flash Ahead), Examined launches July 15, forward of the 2024 Olympic Video games.
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