Transgender and sports

[sundin13]

DonFerrari said:

sundin13 said:

The data is scarce, but what data we do have available doesn't indicate that transgender individual have a significant advantage after transitioning.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including

And how would we then explain that athletes that have competed for several years as male were below average but after transition became top players? And as put by someone here for marathon (mainly swimming) female have a much closer times to male than on any other competitive sport;

Depends on the specific example.