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Male or female? Separating fact from fiction about Olympic boxer Imane Khelif

A new paper on sex differences in athletic performance, and a deep-dive into what's currently known about Imane Khelif's biology.

Activists still—somehow—claim that males who identify as women have no physical edge over female athletes, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. In this episode, we break down those undeniable advantages as laid out in a new review paper in the Journal of Applied Physiology.

Then, we dive into the bizarre and revealing case of Olympic gold medalist “women’s” boxer Imane Khelif, cutting through the myths and media fog obscuring the biological facts.

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