Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal, says former UK athlete Lynsey Sharp

Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal, says former UK athlete

Former British athlete Lynsey Sharp has told Sky News she would have won a bronze medal at the Rio.

Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal, says former UK athlete Lynsey Sharp

Sharp's comments come ahead of the Women's 800m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, in which British star Keely Hodgkinson is odds-on favourite.

2016 Olympian talks losing out on an Olympic medal thanks to lack of chromosome testing

Eight years after crossing the finish line in fourth place at the Rio Olympics, former Team GB 800-meter runner Lynsey Sharp reflects on what might have been. The Scottish athlete now knows that under current World Athletics rules, the three competitors who finished ahead of her in that fateful final would not have been eligible to compete in the women’s category. Sharp’s story takes on new significance following revelations from World Athletics…

Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal says former UK athlete Lynsey Sharp

Cliff Notes Lynsey Sharp contends she could have secured a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics if current gender testing rules had been enforced at that time. Sharp finished sixth in the women’s 800m final, behind three athletes now barred due to differences in sexual development (DSD). The recent overhaul of gender testing by [...]