I am delighted to present this review, coauthored with Tommy Lundberg ⁦ @TLexercise⁩.

Transgender Women in The Female Category of Sport: Is the Male Performance Advantage Removed by Testosterone Suppression? https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202005.0226/v1
Transgender Women in The Female Category of Sport: Is the Male Performance Advantage Removed by...

Sex dimorphism starts during early embryogenesis and is further manifested in response to hormones during puberty. As this leads to physical divergence that is measurably different between sexes,...

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202005.0226/v1
Male physical performance advantage, attributed to superior anthropometric and muscle mass/strength parameters achieved at puberty, is not removed by the current regimen of testosterone suppression permitting participation of transgender women in female sports categories.
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Table 4. Longitudinal studies of muscle and strength changes in adult transgender women undergoing cross-sex hormone therapy.
Table 4. Longitudinal studies of muscle and strength changes in adult transgender women undergoing cross-sex hormone therapy.
Table 4. Longitudinal studies of muscle and strength changes in adult transgender women undergoing cross-sex hormone therapy.
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I talked about a few of these studies last July @fairplaywomen @Womans_Place_UK
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Here are some perspectives from Jon Pike @runthinkwrite https://twitter.com/runthinkwrite/status/1260536528222195712?s=20
Here is a lay breakdown and potential importance for sports policies from Ross Tucker
@Scienceofsport https://twitter.com/Scienceofsport/status/1260573504107356162?s=20
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