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Gender testing rules would have earned me an Olympic medal, says former GB athlete
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3:01Now PlayingFormer British athlete Lynsey Sharp has told Sky News she thinks she could have won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 had today's gender testing rules been in place then.
In a major policy overhaul introduced this year, World Athletics now requires athletes competing in the female category at the elite level of the sport to take a gene test.
The tests identify the SRY gene, which is on the Y chromosome and triggers the development of male characteristics.
The tests replace previous rules whereby athletes with DSD were able to compete as long as they artificially reduced their testosterone levels.
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