It’s like a never-ending story. Ever since the Algerian boxer Imane Chelif stepped into the ring at the Olympic Games in Paris, she has been making media headlines around the world. And it divides society – into one that recognizes its start under the five circles and one that approves of it.
Someone has already commented on the female child with the XY chromosome. Most recently, the legendary Czech athlete Šárka Kašpárková also did so.
The world champion from 1997 and bronze medalist from the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta gave an interview to Czech Television on a controversial topic.
“I have to say that I am not at all surprised that this debate is coming,” the 53-year-old former athlete began today.
“Once someone has been shown to have XY chromosomes, they are no longer a woman,” she added unequivocally.
Kašpárková gave an example from the time when she was still actively competing.
“When I was still participating in the Olympics, it was customary that before entering the Olympic village you had to undergo so-called sex tests.
From the saliva or from the roots of the hair, it was determined whether your chromosomes are in order. If there were any anomalies, then this woman in quotation marks could not enter the women’s race,” says the native of Karvina
She also did not avoid the closely related topic of whether there should be a third category at sports events – in addition to men’s and women’s.
“In my opinion, there is only the gender male and the gender female. There is no third gender. So I would not allow a third category.
In nature, it happens that sometimes something develops outside of “normality”. That’s how it should be taken. However, traditions and principles should be preserved in sports,” she concluded.
Source: sportweb.pravda.sk
