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Originally Posted by miami_fan
1. What the hell is a sex affirming test?
2. Why was it okay for her to run in the women's 200 as opposed to 400, her preferred event?
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1. I believe that involves testosterone testing (described as "invasive" in at least one article ... not sure if that's being used generically or if it is described something more than a simple blood draw.
2. Because those are the IAAF rules as of 2018. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say it likely involves something about "explosiveness" or some other more precise term that is considered particularly relevant to performance at certain distances.
fwiw,
here's the 2018 article about those rule changes (if they've changed them again since then I didn't pick up the article)