Eilish McColgan, one of Britain s leading long-distance runners, says "a lot more work needs to be done" around the possible advantages of transgender women competing in elite female athletics.
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hello and welcome to sportsday. all that to come shortly, but we start tonight with two time british shot putt champion amelia strickler who d told the bbc that world athletics is betraying women with plans to continue to allow transgender athletes to compete in female track and field events. strickler says she s terrified that women s records will be smashed and young girls will walk away from sport. it was widely thought that athletics would follow the world governing body of swimming in banning trans women from female categories, but the bbc has seen leaked policy documents which outline plans to simply lower testosterone levels for a longer period of time. jane dougall reports. born in ohio to an english mother amelia is a two time british shot