Can Hiltz take male hormones under a legal limit?

Go develop ethical standards and respect the rights of females.

I get the feeling you're just picking on Jeff because you don't like what he has to say? The truth can hurt. 😉

I bet you said that about Kratochvilova, too.

Indeed. Here’s a good interview from last year in which Nikki talks about the benefits of being in Flagstaff, being coached by Mike Smith, and training with his group.

WR: Tell us about your coach Mike Smith’s Double Threshold workout and his training group.

NH: It’s a training method made popular by Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen. The idea is that you run two workouts in one day, get 10 – 12 miles at your threshold pace, and nothing faster. For example, 6 miles at threshold in the morning, and 4 miles in the evening.

My weakness has always been the third lap. I have good speed and a great kick. With the Double T (threshold), I can handle the faster pace for longer. Training at 7,000 ft altitude is also a tremendous boost.

I train with a small group, mostly with Northern Arizona University’s men’s and women’s team. Most of my training partners are 5k and 10k runners. They make me stronger. Outside of running, they’re also supportive friends who bring great energy to practice. I have never felt stronger.

womensrunning.com

Nikki Hiltz On Their American Record, Queer Joy, and Chocolate Chip Cookies

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How the Nikki Hiltz is paving the way for the next generation of track stars to live and compete as their authentic selves

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How Nikki identifies is immaterial. The only reason this would be an issue would be if Nikki were doing anything that would enhance performance (namely testosterone therapy). Does anyone know if Nikki has had top surgery (not illegal), and, if so, how that might impact performance. They say estrogen blockers (which would have a similar effect as top surgery) don’t improve performance, but like my handle states, I’m no expert. The NWSL has a more liberal (inclusive) policy. They allow DSD athletes to compete without lowering their testosterone (leading scorers in the NWSL are DSD), allow women who identify as males to microdose testosterone to the 10 nmol/L maximum (about 4 times the average elite female athlete level), allow men who identify as female to compete as long as they maintain their T levels below 10 nmol/L threshold for 12 months and allow athletes to use cannabis. If things don’t work out in track, Nikki could always try futbol.

maybe he, him, she/her doesn't want to identify as a comma?

10 nmol/L of T is far more than "4 times the average elite female athlete level," though.

10 nmol/L is T is 14.5 times the level of natural T that the average elite female athlete has.

In 2011, the IAAF, WADA and the WADA lab in Lausaunne, Switzerland ran blood tests on the 849 athletes completing in the women's category at the IAAF World Championships in South Korea. They found that the median level of natural T for the world's leading female elite track & field athletes is 0.69 nmol/L. That's the same level as average young women who aren't athletes.

10 nmol/L of T is squarely in the normal male range, which is 7.7-29.4 nmol/L. The normal female range is 0.2-1.68 nmol/L. The vast majority of female people of reproductive age have T under 1.0 nmol/L.

World Athletics and other sports governing bodies like World Aquatics have lowered their T limits for XY DSD athletes in women's competition to below 2.5 nmol/L, and now allow trans-identified male athletes in women's competition only if they can show that since age 12/Tanner Stage 2, whichever came first, their T has always been below 2.5 nmol/L.

Below 2.5 is the new threshold because it turns out that 2.4 nmol/L is the top end of the normal female range when women with elevated natural T due to female health conditions like PCOS and pregnancy are factored in.