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Chromosome count: Who gets to decide which athletes are ‘feminine enough’ to compete?
https://msmagazine.com/2024/08/12/women-athletes-sex-change-trans-olympics-imane-khelif-intersex/
Self-defence classes empower women amid UK’s far-right violence
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2024/8/11/self-defence-classes-empower-women-amid-uks-far-right-violence
NDP MP wants women’s Olympic soccer coach, staff to testify on drone scandal
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7289424
Women’s Olympic marathon in Paris records a 1st by running last instead of the men’s race
https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-womens-marathon-507f8427af95d0ff43ab8ba84d332017
Women have won most of Canada’s Olympic medals so far. Their displays of support and sportsmanship shine too
https://www.thestar.com/life/women-have-won-most-of-canadas-olympic-medals-so-far-their-displays-of-support-and/article_02f51c60-5685-11ef-b81c-b7e84f8e4456.html
China cracks down on ‘fan culture’ during the Olympics, arresting a woman for social media posts
https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-social-media-1b3fa669e6d5c5243b45775e25914b07
Sarah Mitton 1st-ever Canadian woman to advance to Olympic shot put final
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7287169
Making the calls: A history of women in ice hockey officiating
https://thehockeynews.com/womens/other-news/making-the-calls-a-history-of-women-in-ice-hockey-officiating
How older athletes powered up and transformed women’s gymnastics
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5064419/womens-gymnastics-ages-simone-biles-olympics