no win situation wrote:
she's still a great athlete who is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to competing; can't compete with men as her times would not hold up, but if she competes with (and beats) the women, then just like this she gets paraded around like some kind of freak.
oh, i also want to point out that there are plenty of other men in his/her 800m time range that can't compete on an international level.
they are not stuck in a hard place. they are just too slow.