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A recent article by Colin Wright provides a fuller description of the conflict between the IBA and the IOC than I have seen elsewhere. It also describes the various DSDs (𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 of sexual development, not 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴) that involve a genetic XY male individual having external genitalia that closely resemble or appear sufficiently similar to a female's to be mistaken for such.

https://open.substack.com/pub/colinwright/p/fact-vs-fiction-olympic-boxer-imane?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7x0

Wright concludes that

<<The final and most probably DSD for Khelif is 5-alpha reductase deficiency (5-ARD), which also prevented South African runner Caster Semenya from competing in the female category.>>

Here's a link to Medline's

Description of the condition:

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/5-alpha-reductase-deficiency/#resources

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