I’m an old track athlete so I’m very happy to see this. I’d rather they just outright ban trans athletes from competing in their “new” gender’s events but this will all but achieve that goal, at least for a while. Elite boys can outperform Olympian women in the equivalent events, and you can’t even make the Division III men’s national meet unless you are dropping marks that would make a woman a gold medal threat, or in many cases, an all-time world record holder. There’s no way in any sport for trans women to fairly compete, but interested parties can fool some people when it comes to team sports because of the more abstract nature of the game. With track, there’s only one thing being measured and you don’t have to wonder if the guy who ran a 3:50 mile could beat the Olympic woman who can run a 4:20 mile, because the answer is right there in front of you on the clock.
I’m an old track athlete so I’m very happy to see this. I’d rather they just outright ban trans athletes from competing in their “new” gender’s events but this will all but achieve that goal, at least for a while. Elite boys can outperform Olympian women in the equivalent events, and you can’t even make the Division III men’s national meet unless you are dropping marks that would make a woman a gold medal threat, or in many cases, an all-time world record holder. There’s no way in any sport for trans women to fairly compete, but interested parties can fool some people when it comes to team sports because of the more abstract nature of the game. With track, there’s only one thing being measured and you don’t have to wonder if the guy who ran a 3:50 mile could beat the Olympic woman who can run a 4:20 mile, because the answer is right there in front of you on the clock.