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-researchersResearch article we mentioned where the criteria used to identify TES were challengedEngland’s report on racism in cricketReport on Wetmore and body composition tests in runnersSwimming England bans weighing of young athletesEnhanced Games initial reportThe 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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