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I really feel bad for these young women. Just a few short months ago they were still children and to enter adulthood this way with your personal information splattered across social media can’t be a good feeling. However, I refuse to believe that the coach or federation didn’t suspect issues once those times began to improve rapidly. The two don’t look totally masculine like Wambui or Niyosamba (enough to raise suspicion though), but, someone in the camp had to have suspect. This could have been handled discreetly before a fuss was made.
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Originally posted by KevinR View PostThe athletes themselves don't really know any different. They have always been female, and can only assume that there is no difference inside of them from their peers.
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Originally posted by Lp171781 View PostI really feel bad for these young women. Just a few short months ago they were still children and to enter adulthood this way with your personal information splattered across social media can’t be a good feeling. However, I refuse to believe that the coach or federation didn’t suspect issues once those times began to improve rapidly. The two don’t look totally masculine like Wambui or Niyosamba (enough to raise suspicion though), but, someone in the camp had to have suspect. This could have been handled discreetly before a fuss was made.
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Originally posted by mungo man View Post
There is an element of corruption here. The coaches and agents knew that IAAF moves very slowly so they figured they could make a lot of money while the IAAF took forever to make what looks like an obvious decision. Thats why I said many times that IAAF encourages corruption. The coaches knew. The Federation knew. The agents knew. But there was money to be made.
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Originally posted by 18.99s View Post
After reaching 17 without ever having a period even once, they or their family or doctor should have realized there is a difference. That difference isn't necessarily XY DSD, as there are other reasons for that, but it still means there's a condition that needs investigation and may require some form of treatment (depending on the underlying cause).
I mean heck, right here in the US we have coaches like Alberto Salazar who think it is a good thing if female athletes are not menstruating. So yes, perhaps their coaches knew they were not menstruating and suspected they were intersex and wanted to milk if for all it was worth, but perhaps the topic of menstruation never came up at all.
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Originally posted by mungo man View Post
There is an element of corruption here. The coaches and agents knew that IAAF moves very slowly so they figured they could make a lot of money while the IAAF took forever to make what looks like an obvious decision. Thats why I said many times that IAAF encourages corruption. The coaches knew. The Federation knew. The agents knew. But there was money to be made.
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