Is English Cricket Racist? / Head Injuries in Female Sport / The Battle Against Weight Shaming in Young Athletes

A rare case of CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in a young female sportswoman asks the question: Are women more susceptible to head injuries than men? Plus the controversy around an English cricket repor on racismt, the Ben Stokes stumping affair and how some sports are dealing with fat shaming among young sportspeople.
SHOW NOTES:
CTE case identified in a female athlete: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/04/first-case-cte-female-athlete-aflw-player-heather-anderson-diagnosed-australian-researchers
Research article we mentioned where the criteria used to identify TES were challenged
England’s report on racism in cricket
Report on Wetmore and body composition tests in runners
Swimming England bans weighing of young athletes
Enhanced Games initial report
The substack by Sarah Barker that describes how the US Anti-doping category doesn’t think a runner in the non-binary category is male or female Get bonus content on Patreon<br /> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.