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Athletics

Friday 18 October 1996 23:02 BST
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Athletics

Delegates at the World Conference on Women and Sport in Lausanne, organised by the International Olympic Committee and attended by more than 220 officials from 96 countries, yesterday called for an end to sex tests during the Olympic Games, complaining that only female athletes were subjected to the examinations. Under IOC rules, all female athletes are required to undergo gender screening tests before competing in the Olympics.

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