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Swedish soccer players had to prove they were women, ex-captain says
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0:38Now PlayingSwedish soccer players had to “show their genitalia” to a team medical worker to prove they were females during the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany, the team’s former captain has revealed.
Former center back Nilla Fischer, 38, who played 194 times for her country, wrote in a new book titled “I Didn’t Even Say Half Of It” that a female physiotherapist conducted the invasive checks on behalf of a team doctor, the Times of London reported.
“We were told that we should not shave ‘down there’ in the coming days and that we will show our genitalia for the doctor,” Fischer wrote.
“[We think:] ‘Why are we forced to do this now, there has to be other ways to do this. Should we refuse?’” she wrote. “At the same time no one wants to jeopardize the opportunity to play at a World Cup. We just have to get the s— done, no matter how sick and humiliating it feels.”
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