The host of SEA Games 33, Thailand, has just announced that it will deploy gender tests for female athletes, depending on the requirements of each subject and the regulation of the corresponding international federation. The General Department of Sports of Thailand (SAT) affirmed that it would monitor the entire process, and the athletes were not allowed to refuse the inspection request.
Some sensitive subjects such as women's volleyball, boxing, as well as antagonistic subjects, are in the highly likely group to perform inspections, especially for suspected athletes or have unusual power.
It is reported that Thailand is considering the method of testing via hormones or gene Sry tests (related to gender), the form of expected form is expected to be widely applied from September as prescribed by the World Athletics.
This is a sensitive step, when previously international organizations such as IOC used to check the inspection needs to both have scientific elements and respect the dignity, instead of mass inspection with body shape.
And this is a concern with the outstanding faces of Vietnamese women's volleyball such as Bich Tuyen and Dang Thi Hong, who have played excellent at the 31st SEA Games and the U21 World.
Their physical explosion and performance can make them in the examination, although there is no clear sign of doubt. This leads to a significant psychological psychology and psychological psychology for athletes.
In particular, although gender testing can only be randomly applied or grounded, this process is still controversial and strongly impacted on the spirit of competition, the way the media put the problem, even creating inequality.
In the past, cases like Caster Semenya or Imane Khelif – Lin Yu Ting have encountered many difficulties because of the same test criteria.
SEA Games 33 will take place from 9 to 20/12 in Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla. The application of gender tests will officially blow out the debate about fair and scientific approaches but still respect the human rights in sports.