Episode 6: Lumpers and Splitters
Christine and Max are some of the most recent female athletes in this century-long history to face tests, stigma, and restrictions. But they are unlik...
Tested
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Who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women’s category. Tested follows the unfolding story of elite female runners who have been told they can no longer race as women, because of their biology. As the Olympics approach, they face hard choices: take drugs to lower their natural testosterone levels, give up their sport entirely, or fight. To understand how we got here, we trace the surprising, 100-year history of sex testing.
Episode 5: Unfair Advantage?
A battle over science and ethics unfolds. World Athletics releases and then tweaks multiple policies impacting DSD athletes, while critics cry foul. I...
Episode 4: Running In Circles
In 2009, South African sprinter Caster Semenya won gold at the World Championships. But instead of a celebration, she endured endless speculation abou...
Episode 3: Card-Carrying Females
We meet Kenyan sprinter Maximila Imali, who—like Christine—has been sidelined by DSD policies. She makes a different choice from Christine: to fight t...
Episode 2: Questions of a Physical Nature
We go back to the beginnings of women’s inclusion in elite sports. It turns out that men had an odd variety of concerns about women athletes. Some dou...
Episode 1: The Choice
Would you alter your body for the chance to compete for a gold medal? That’s the question facing a small group of elite athletes right now. Last year,...
Introducing: Tested
Since the very beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle to define who, exactly, gets to compete in the women’s category. A century later...