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Jovi Runner Aug 2019 7:08pm, 12 Aug 2019 6,437 posts	Quote Pin Jovi Runner I can't understand how she could refuse to have the tests. If she was competing an elite level (which she appears to have been given her request for an elite athlete place at London) isn't it mandatory to agree to being drugs tested as other elite athletes routinely are?
Velociraptor Aug 2019 7:13pm, 12 Aug 2019 42,707 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor It's likely that Ms Jeska's apparently irrational and paranoid reaction to the reasonable request that she should have blood tests (about which she'd have no cause to worry if she'd had her testes removed many years before) was the result of a serious mental illness which was incidental to her transgender status.
Jovi Runner Aug 2019 7:14pm, 12 Aug 2019 6,438 posts	Quote Pin Jovi Runner ukad.org.uk Interesting read that tha5 link seems to suggest that anyone competing in a competition is agreeing to be tested by UKAD - I thought it only applied to elite levels?
Jovi Runner Aug 2019 7:15pm, 12 Aug 2019 6,439 posts	Quote Pin Jovi Runner I agree V'rap I think the mental health issues more likely to be responsible for her paranoia 're being tested.
Serendippily Aug 2019 7:34pm, 12 Aug 2019 13,605 posts	Quote Pin Serendippily Yes the parents felt the mental health episode was triggered by the stress and confusion of having her results retrospectively altered and a verbal promise not acted on and generally not having faith in any fair play. It is a horrific tale
Bazoaxe Aug 2019 8:09pm, 12 Aug 2019 15,089 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe Gobi, thanks for correcting my earlier mistake. No sooner had I pressed submit that=n I was thinking I was wrong. I too would like to thanks others for posting some really helpful insight.
The_Saint Aug 2019 9:39am, 13 Aug 2019 6,427 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint Something has gone very wrong with basic logic here - at the end of the 100M the expressions on the faces of the three girls in the front of the shot says it better than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQfyIhv9GM
Jovi Runner Aug 2019 11:05am, 13 Aug 2019 6,440 posts	Quote Pin Jovi Runner Saint - Unfortunately if us ladies express our concern about this we are apparently bigots! My point all along in this debate is I have absolutely no issue with gender confused people transitioning but there is no place (IMO) for those transitioned in female sports categories - as adequately demonstrated in that video Saint!
ThorntonRunner Aug 2019 11:32am, 13 Aug 2019 2,372 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner The large majority of people who have posted on this thread agree that it is unfair for transgender females with the performance advantage of having undergone male puberty to compete for placings and records with those born female.
Velociraptor Aug 2019 11:35am, 13 Aug 2019 42,719 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I suspect the vast majority of transgender athletes also shudder when the boundaries of acceptance are pushed in this way.