Transgender man wins women's 100 yd and 400 yd freestyle races.

Pick your own adventure :)

what's the age spread (at time of transition) of people who have transitioned over that 50 years? I have no idea, but I'd be surprised if many were in the prime years of their sporting career after they had transitioned, especially for the first 30 to 40 years of that 50

Theres no equivalent to drug cheating

Lol. No need to give me a lecture about page 3. I'm not the poster on this site who made the claim that that's what a "normal" woman is.

The dominoes are already falling in this ridiculous argument that shouldn't have ever become a thing, society may not be terminally fucked after all.

Not sure where this idea that a biological female will not beat a biological male you keep referring to comes from, but, it's blatantly not true, it happens all the time and not just elite women, but, the average woman can and often do beat average men. In general however elite men will beat elite women in most sports, that's not a controversial viewpoint, it's based on facts, all the overall world and Olympics records in mainstream sports are held by men. There may well be overall world records held by women in some niche sports, but, I'm not aware of them, will gladly be corrected on this.

Also just to point out that Paul Hessions' 100m Irish record is 10.18 seconds (10.36 is his indoor record). Flo Jo's time of 10.49 ( which is very dubious on a few counts; doping allegations for Flo Jo, plus there's a big question mark over if the record is legal for wind assistance, that's another story) has stood for over 30 years. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is generally regarded as the greatest female sprinter of all time, her best time is 10.60, her compatriot Elaine Thompson Herah's fastest time is 10.54, this is the second fastest time after Flo Jo's time. Both are the best female sprinters to emerge since Flo Jo's record, this shows how difficult it will be to break Flo Jo's record, so for it to dip below 10.40 seconds will likely take an extraordinary athlete to come along, an outlier- similar to Bolt in the men's sprints who reduced the 100m mark to below what many thought was possible, his times are still untouchable by the current leading sprinters, he's an outlier within men's sprinting.

Athletes now and for probably the last decade or more are performing at almost the limit of human capabilities, there is huge investment in equipment ( footwear, clothing, surface technology, etc.) to try to get the last ounce of performance. Elite female athletes have access to all this similar to their male counterparts, the records that stand currently aren't going to improve by huge margins, it'll be small incremental gains. Of course an extraordinary athlete could come along and demolish a world record (like Sydney Mclaughlin just did), but, they'll be the exception not the norm.

I've said before I think transwomen should be allowed compete within the women's category, however, there should be a certain timescale- say 3 or 4 years- between competing as a male before they can compete as a female, full transition required, hormones and surgery and the decision could be reviewed after 5 to 10 years if it's shown transwomen do have an advantage. I think in Lia Thomas's case she was allowed compete too quickly after competing as male, not her fault, she played by the rules, the rules probably need to be looked at again.

I'm not talking about elite level, I'm talking about people who play sports as a hobby, take running for example, each year thousands of average people train for the marathon, of those plenty of average female runners finish ahead of average male runners. As I said at elite level elite men will beat elite women.

Full transition and a time gap of 3/4 years after competing as a male would rule out any idea that someone transitioned simply to compete against women, as far fetched as that idea might sound, some people will do almost anything to gain an advantage, however, I'd very much doubt anyone would go through a full transition. It would also show that transwomen aren't just marching straight into the women's category, but, have to wait their turn to be admitted. As I said this could be reviewed after a certain amount of time has elapsed if proven transwomen have an advantage.

I don't think there's a perfect answer to this situation and I certainly don't claim to have all or any answers, but, I think some compromise needs to be made; with fairness being the main driver in any decisions.