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Decision by Swiss Supreme Court not to revisit CAS decision on Caster Semenya isn't surprising, given the Swiss deference to arbitral decisionsBut is does show a design flaw in int'l sports governance: No accountability or recourse when fatally flawed science is in play ...
In 2019, we showed empirically & undeniably that IAAF (now World Athletics) had used flawed data in its study underpinning the Semenya regulations ... IAAF admitted his before CAS https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/sports/iaaf-caster-semenya.html
For some reason @BJSM_BMJ (the journal that published the flawed IAAF research) refused to retract the erroneous paper & instead published IAAF's non-peer-reviewed letter seeking to cover up the previously flawed work
This alone is a scandal https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-019-00143-w
This alone is a scandal https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-019-00143-w
In fact, every day that goes by & the flawed IAAF research isn't retracted, continues the cover-up
It's never too late to uphold scientific integrity & it remains a mystery why @BJSM_BMJ has shielded IAAF from following normal scientific standards
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-019-00143-w
It's never too late to uphold scientific integrity & it remains a mystery why @BJSM_BMJ has shielded IAAF from following normal scientific standards
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318-019-00143-w
But wait
There's more
We discovered another fatal error in another paper cited by IAAF purporting to identify a clear demarcation in T ranges for men & women
In fact, there is a complete overlap
https://issues.org/science-sport-sex/
There's more
We discovered another fatal error in another paper cited by IAAF purporting to identify a clear demarcation in T ranges for men & women
In fact, there is a complete overlap
https://issues.org/science-sport-sex/
In this case, scientific norms were followed & the journal (Clinical Endocrinology) required an Erratum be published
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cen.14068
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cen.14068
But wait
There is more
To implement the IAAF (WA) Semenya regulations requires violating the @medwma Helsinki Declaration that both IAAF & IOC have declared that they follow
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01606-8
There is more
To implement the IAAF (WA) Semenya regulations requires violating the @medwma Helsinki Declaration that both IAAF & IOC have declared that they follow
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01606-8
There is no denial that
IAAF (WA) research is fatally flawed
IAAF regulations require violating basic principles of medical & research ethics
WA says openly that discrimination required in this case & thus makes irrelevant flawed science & poor ethics
IAAF (WA) research is fatally flawedIAAF regulations require violating basic principles of medical & research ethicsWA says openly that discrimination required in this case & thus makes irrelevant flawed science & poor ethics
This is all bad enough
But even worse is within WA, CAS & now the SFT, there is apparently no institutional capacity to right these undeniable wrongs (specifically, bad science, poor ethics)
Mix in a scientific cover-up (BJSM) & we have a complete set of institutional failings
But even worse is within WA, CAS & now the SFT, there is apparently no institutional capacity to right these undeniable wrongs (specifically, bad science, poor ethics)
Mix in a scientific cover-up (BJSM) & we have a complete set of institutional failings
Let me be absolutely clear
None of these institutional failings have anything to do with Semenya or your/my views on sex/gender/sport
These failings are substantive & procedural
The ends justify the means is not a foundation on which governance should be built
None of these institutional failings have anything to do with Semenya or your/my views on sex/gender/sport
These failings are substantive & procedural
The ends justify the means is not a foundation on which governance should be built
It takes a lot of people - in science, sport, law - to look away and be silent to allow such a comprehensive set of institutional failings to persist
It is never too late to right wrongs
Read more:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19406940.2017.1369448?casa_token=BkdAVuWrpzgAAAAA%3AP_Jrh8I0pgA9hcf-Vqy208CbZ6K3JYbDpAZS6Qi6GWUApcj0fhnhXa_ERDoA0vTwW1NYwjsKdvLtMQ
https://issues.org/science-sport-sex/
It is never too late to right wrongs
Read more:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19406940.2017.1369448?casa_token=BkdAVuWrpzgAAAAA%3AP_Jrh8I0pgA9hcf-Vqy208CbZ6K3JYbDpAZS6Qi6GWUApcj0fhnhXa_ERDoA0vTwW1NYwjsKdvLtMQ https://issues.org/science-sport-sex/
These views are of course my own
I've benefited immensely & learned much from collaborations with @Scienceofsport @boyeerik @Madeleine_Pape @MitrP & more
And of course we should all learn from the dignity shown by @caster800m when faced with institutionalized injustices
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I've benefited immensely & learned much from collaborations with @Scienceofsport @boyeerik @Madeleine_Pape @MitrP & more
And of course we should all learn from the dignity shown by @caster800m when faced with institutionalized injustices
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