EP. 61: The Female Athlete: Fairness, Inclusion and Performance w/Kerry McGawley, PhD

A conversation with coach Kerry McGawley, PhD. She is a Professor at Mid Sweden University with a broad research agenda in the female athlete, and menstruation effects on training, and racing performance. She is a coach and 2x age group world champion in triathlon. Professor McGawley engages in a science centered conversation around the protected women’s category in sport and explanation and implications of athletes with DSD.  

We talk about the paper she co-authored with other scientists and unpacks the evidence and critique of the IOC’s 2021 framework aimed at providing governing bodies with guidelines for fairness and inclusion.  

Professor McGawley gives her dissemination of a common rebuttal regarding performance advantage (i.e., Phelps advantages).  

Finally, Professor McGawley provides listeners with the key considerations that athletes/coaches should be aware of regarding the menstrual cycle, and the impact on female athlete training, racing and performance. She also comments on contraception influences. 

About Kerry McGawley, PhD
https://www.miun.se/en/personnel/m/kerrymcgawley/  

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Kerry McGawley, PhD  Co-Authored Paper:

The International Olympic Committee framework on fairness, inclusion and nondiscrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations does not protect fairness for female athletes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sms.14581  

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