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YOU WONT BELIEVE: World athletics gene test introduced for female category - What They Never Told You

World Athletics Caster Semenya Sebastian Coe Tokyo
Former distance runner Sebastian Coe is the president of World Athletics [Eric Gaillard/Reuters]

Clarifying promised rules on female eligibility, track and field’s governing body has set a deadline of September 1 for athletes to pass a gene test for competing at the world championships.

World Athletics said in March it would require chromosome testing by cheek swabs or dry blood-spot tests for female athletes to be eligible for elite-level events.

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