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r053budtoday at 7:32 PM5 repliesview on HN

Walk me through how you think this is going to be enforced? Athletes will need to start dropping their pants? Disgusting invasion of privacy.


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cmiles8today at 7:36 PM

The article addresses that. Given all the testing already, this is a trivial addition:

“Under the new policy eligibility will be determined by a one-time gene test, according to the I.O.C. The test, which is already being used in track and field, requires screening via saliva, a cheek swab or a blood sample.“

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hokkostoday at 7:49 PM

You think Olympic athletes have any expectation of privacy around drug testing already? They have to register their every move and piss while being visible on demand.

Dylan16807today at 7:36 PM

Well the article says a cheek swab or blood test.

throwawayteatoday at 7:34 PM

You think the only way to medically test for male vs female is to visually id genitals?

Aurornistoday at 7:41 PM

The article already covered it: It's minimally invasive (cheek swab) testing typically for the SRY gene - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-determining_region_Y_prote...

This is less invasive than all of the other doping tests that athletes already go through, which require blood draws.

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