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Of course, Fred Kerley can not just enter the women's race. But, I believe that what you are saying is that if Fred Kerley goes to the process of declaring himself a woman, changing pronouns, maybe change his first name legally to Frieda, and whatever other way he/she/they would decide to come out as being transgender, he/she/they then should be allowed to compete in the women's pool as a woman. At the moment the process is wide ranging, going from just "name changing" all the way to the more permanent snippy snip. Therefore, olympically, it would be a nightmare to revise this logistically, yo know, making sure the competition is clean and fair etc. How can you ensure the inherent test(osterone) advantage is fully neutralized (without allowing the women, or rather, those with lower natural test, to dope and we would have the russia in the 80s scandals all over again)? The size advantage (longer athletes with a longer gait can tend to be intrinsically faster and have that last second emergency lunge, see 6'5" Usain bolt) will forever be there, you can't shrink someone's frame (at least not with our current tech, who knows in the future).