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British female athletes forced to pay for sex tests to compete
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Genuine question, do they have to pay for their own drug testing?
Also they're using cheek swab testing, is that even guaranteed to pick up xx/xy chimerism?
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Ehm, this is an international organization's regulations. Not the UK at fault here.
The UK is just advising their own athletes of the international org's policy - and telling them to pay out of pocket rather to "avoid delays", even though financing is available to those who need it on a "case by case" basis.
I think the question was whether they previously had to pay for [other] drug tests that presumably are standard practice
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Yes, that was my point.
If they have to pay "out of pocket" for existing tests it's at-least consistent, if unsavoury.