Billie Jean King’s 1973 match was about social change. The upcoming Sabalenka-Kyrgios event – with its rules tweaks and its participants’ questionable politics – may leave women’s tennis worse off.
- Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
Parasports couldn’t exist without classifying competitors by their physical and mental limitations. But the process is far from perfect, and a handful of athletes have tried to game the system.
Most sports are organized according to a strict male-female binary. Nature isn’t.
Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don’t fit neatly into sport’s definition of gender?
A new policy may spell the end of Caster Semenya’s illustrious running career.
A recent decision by the International Olympic Committee has cheerleading under consideration for Tokyo 2020. But its very status as a sport has constantly been questioned.
Some women naturally produce high levels of testosterone. Why is this innate condition treated differently from other conditions that potentially enhance athletic performance?
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