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In a study of eight transfemale distance runners, after adjusting performance for age, the runners were not more competitive in the female category after GAHT than they had been in the male category before GAHT.
“After adjusting performance for age, the eight runners were not more competitive in the female category (after GAHT) than they had been in the male category (before GAHT).”
Age-graded scores for eight transgender women runners were the same in male and female categories, suggesting cross-hormone treatment reduced running performance by approximately the size of the typical male advantage.
“The age-graded scores for these eight runners were the same in both categories, suggesting that cross-hormone treatment reduced running performance by approximately the size of the typical male advantage.”
From Transgender Women in the Female Category of Sport: Perspectives on Testosterone Suppression and Performance Advantage (2021) · cites this paper as [81]
Among recreational (nonelite) athletes, an observational study showed a consistent deterioration in athletic performance of transwomen athletes corresponding closely to the suppression of circulating testosterone concentrations.
“Among recreational (nonelite) athletes, an observational study showed a consistent deterioration in athletic performance of transwomen (M2F transgender) athletes corresponding closely to the suppression of circulating testosterone concentrations (175).”
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- Authors
- Harper, J.
- Corresponding author
- Harper, Joanna
- ORCID
- Harper, Joanna
- Venue
- Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities
- Publisher
- Common Ground Research Networks
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-9
- ISSN
- 2381-6678 (ISSN-L)
- 2381-6694
- OpenAlex
- W2482596206
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 6.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Journal of Sporting Cultures and Identities (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Keywords
- transgender athletes, race time, gender identity, athletic performance
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