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

Do you have a literacy problem?

That depends - some people would classify dyslexia as a literacy problem, but it’s not a problem for me, and the question definitely isn’t relevant here where you’ve not actually engaged with the post, but rather glossed over it to make some point about male sports jocks, when I was referring to men. You’re on about something entirely different and unrelated in an attempt to prove from your perspective anyway, that I don’t have a clue, while attempting to portray yourself as an authority on, well, pretty much everything as much as I can decipher in between your spittle.

I still hold out hope that you might offer something relevant to the discussion at some stage.

And that is why rules around eligibility for sports categories need to be written as precisely and as tightly as possible. If you leave any gap to allow a male athlete to compete in the female category then somebody will exploit that gap to cheat, no matter how well-meaning the intention of the gap may have been (inclusion, or whatever).

I apologise in advance for the link to Gript (seems to be the only media outlet that gave a shìt), but while I do take your point as it relates to cheating in sports, and while I do agree that the rules around eligibility in sports need to be written as precisely and tightly as possible… it’s the purpose for which they need to be written as precisely and tightly as possible which I don’t agree with, as it’s intentionally misleading in order to be exclusionary. That’s why I always recommend rules are written in plain language to ensure that they are easily understood, to avoid any misunderstandings and the ensuing disappointment, confusion and disputes which are reasonably foreseeable by an organisation.

Take for example this sad case, whom you probably don’t remember as I’m sure you’re aware of many, many more, equally insignificant examples:

https://gript.ie/male-trinity-student-comes-2nd-in-womens-race/

Out of nothing he managed to make something which in his own mind he imagined was noteworthy, and for that brief moment in time, he imagined himself as a somebody. I do get it, it doesn’t make him any less pitiful.

Speculation you mean. Okay.

what has Russian propaganda got to do with trans people in women's sport?

you have been defending the IBA position on this since the start 

or, to put it another way, what do you believe the IBA position to be?

An all male semi final in a women’s sport. A few years ago this would have been surrealist comedy. Now women risk being punished for pointing it out.

Is that pool?

Pretty sure women and men compete against each other anyway.

Same as darts.

I suppose they are technically "sports".

For the likes of Darts and pool, probably yeah.

If you want to support women's sports though best go to an event and pay to watch it, instead of white knighting on the internet.

The 2 transgender players are into the semi-final and have to play each other next. What an absolute embarrassment our sport has become

They should have been seeded, to meet in the final

LOL I can't play in all the sports that exist! Nor even go to see them all. TBH I've never been a big fan of watching sports, though I do still practice some, but not as many nor as intensively as when I was younger. I still think access to sports is really important for the next generation though, including my own children, and now even grandchildren - well ok only one so far.

But worth fighting for IMO, and discussion about the issues on internet is as useful as anything else IMO. Raises awareness.

It's just sad that you think that the only reason for men to feel the same way is as a ruse to get more sex.

I think for women it's called being interested in women's issues.

The idea that men can only be concerned about such things when they have an ulterior agenda, namely sex, is truly tragic - but a lot of men seem to believe it, so who am I to argue with them about their own motives?

Still. The equivalent for women would presumably be pretending to be a massive Chelsea or Arsenal fan, wouldn't it? Rather than a woman being interested in, you know, female sports, and enabling girls and women to practice them safely - which should be fairly unsurprising really.

Yes, if they object to having to play against males who think they are women.

There are many ways to effectively support womens' sport without paying to spectate

Calm down. Where did I say otherwise?