From the fact that this is only one race across so many different events at the olympics, if other competitors in her class feel disadvantaged, they'll just have to train for a different event etc.
I do feel that perhaps Linsey Sharp's comments were a result of probing from the media, and really having put 4 years' work in to come 6th you might be looking for a scapegoat too, clearly the winner isn't the problem if you're 6th!
With so many comments about relatively strong, physically capable women being "manish" and so many women I've met being frightened to take up sport seriously due to this perception, I don't think intersex competitors are the problem.
From the fact that this is only one race across so many different events at the olympics, if other competitors in her class feel disadvantaged, they'll just have to train for a different event etc.I do feel that perhaps Linsey Sharp's comments were a result of probing from the media, and really having put 4 years' work in to come 6th you might be looking for a scapegoat too, clearly the winner isn't the problem if you're 6th!
It isn't as simple as this though, it is implied that the 800m silver medalist and possibly the bronze medalist and other finalists also a got performance boost from the suspension of the testosterone limit rules. The rule suspension may have already impacted other events too.
This also leads on to the effect genetic doping will have in the future. The fact a few people born now with a natural, and arguably unfair, advantage (in sport) is nothing compared to what's to come from countries who have the state resources, lack of ethics and desperation to be seen as world leaders in certain sports to implement genetic doping programmes.
