Ep. 862 Deep Dive: The Science of Protecting Women’s Sports, and Olympics Boxing Controversy

Megyn is joined by Ross Tucker, co-host of The Science of Sport podcast, to discuss the men competing in the female boxing category at the Paris Olympics, the dispute between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Boxing Association that led to this moment, why an athlete found to have XY chromosomes would not be allowed to compete in many women’s sports at the Olympics, how easy it would be to keep biological women safe in sports with new technologies in testing, how testosterone influences athletic performance, how the IOC’s antiquated rules hurt competition, and more.