Tamara Press, Olympian Whose Feats Raised Questions, Dies at 83

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Sports She won three gold medals in the 1960s but was the focus of speculation about her gender. She retired after pulling out of a track meet that would have required a sex test.https://nyti.ms/3xPxvKr

Rights Group Demands End to Sex Testing of Female Track Athletes

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports A Human Rights Watch report said that regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development are harmful and disproportionately affect women of color from developing nations.https://nyti.ms/39DWMOh

Track’s Caster Semenya Loses Appeal to Defend 800-Meter Title

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports A ruling by the Swiss Supreme Court appears to have nixed any chance for the South African star to defend her title in her signature event at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.https://nyti.ms/33dJuTN

‘Boys Are Boys and Girls Are Girls’: Idaho Is First State to Bar Some Transgender Athletes

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Student-athletes from elementary school age through college may have to consent to sex testing in order to compete.https://nyti.ms/2UxAENA

This Intersex Runner Had Surgery to Compete. It Has Not Gone Well.

By BY GENEVA ABDUL from NYT Sports Annet Negesa, Uganda’s 800-meter Olympic hopeful, says she was advised to undergo an irreversible surgery because of naturally elevated testosterone levels. Her career has never been the same.https://nyti.ms/2Pqy7SB

Track’s New Gender Rules Could Exclude Some Female Athletes

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports New regulations by the sport’s international governing body to address women with high levels of testosterone could keep them out of some races if they don’t take medicine to lower the hormone.https://nyti.ms/2vRdkAa