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Namibia's Mboma won the silver medal in the women's 200m track and field at the Tokyo Olympics. However, due to testosterone levels, the main event, the 400m, cannot be competed, causing controversy.
Correspondent Han So-hee.
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women's 200m final, an 18-year-old girl from Namibia, Kristin Mboma, caught the eye as much as Elaine Thompson, who became the first ever to win two gold medals in a sprint twice in a row.
Mboma, who finished sixth on the straight track, caught up with one by one with a crazy spurt and crossed the finish line in second place behind Thompson.
He set a new world record under the age of 20 at 21.81 seconds and took the silver medal.
[Kristen Mboma: I didn't expect to win a medal on this stage at the Olympics. I'm happy to win a medal. So proud.]
Mboma's performance has rekindled the hormonal debate.
This is because Mboma, whose male hormone levels are three times higher than the female average, cannot compete in his main event, the 400m.
According to the so-called 'Semenya Rules' of the World Athletics Federation, athletes with high testosterone levels cannot compete in events between 400 and 1,500 meters.
In the midst of fierce criticism that it is unfair to block participation based on innate hormones in the Olympics, which also embraces transgender people, the controversy surrounding 'female testosterone' is not It is expected to continue.
(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)