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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

EXPLAINED: Athletes competing in female events to require test to determine biological sex - The Real Truth

A general view as athletes compete in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest - (Getty Images for World Athletics)

Athletes wishing to compete in female events at September's World Championships in Tokyo will need to take a test to determine their biological sex.

World Athletics announced on Wednesday that it had approved the introduction of testing to avoid what its president Sebastian Coe called a "biological glass ceiling".

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