• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    There are a number of other genes linked to athletic outcomes that are way more influential than “12% above average”. Steroid usage is rampant in top teir sports for instance and people with like genetic kidney conditions that overproduce some hormones have a far greater advantage.

    The people doing the sports should be making the rules about sports, not a bunch of armchair theorists with calipers. Most the guys who have A LOT OF OPINIONS on how to gatekeep womens sports don’t actually watch any women’s sports.

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      16 days ago

      https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-016-2462-3

      The greatest researched gene for sprint times measures just less than a percent of influence at 0.92%

      https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2984550

      The second greatest contributing gene related to strength and fast twitch responses ACE I/D, has so far inconclusive results.

      I’d be interested in hearing if there are more genes I’m unaware about.

      Yeah, stereroid usage is not fair across the board, which is why before competition in every sport it is already tested for. Although it does slip under the radar. Likewise in some sports trans-women are tested before competing such as in soccer, and there are quite a few that, unfortunately, has banned them from playing entirely.

      I am only for fairness, not for exclusion. The ideal world in my opinion, would be fair to everybody.