France Slams Return of Olympic Gender Testing as Step Backwards
French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari criticizes IOC's decision to reintroduce gender testing, citing unfair impact on intersex athletes.
The International Olympic Committee's decision to reintroduce gender testing for the first time since 1999 is a "step backwards", French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari said on Friday. She said that genetic testing would unfairly rule out many athletes with differences in sexual development – previously known as intersex athletes.