It has just it hasjust gone it has just gone about half past fourin it has just gone about half past four in the morning. It is now time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Elite level sport is ruthlessly competitive. The best male and female athletes push hard against their physical limits in the quest for those marginal gains. But what happens when athletes change gender . In particular, when individuals born biologically male transition to female after puberty. Should they be allowed to compete as women . Well, my guest is former champion british swimmer turned sports commentator, sharron davies. How well does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity . Sharron davies, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You spent a lifetime in sport, of course as a champion swimmer and competitor but also as a commentator and an analyst. I want to begin with this concept of fairness in sport. What does fairness mean to you . It think itjust means eq
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Elite level sport is ruthlessly competitive. The best male and female athletes push hard against their physical limits in the quest for those marginal gains. But what happens when athletes change gender . In particular, when individuals born biologically male transition to female after puberty. Should they be allowed to compete as women . Well, my guest is former champion british swimmer turned sports commentator, sharron davies. How well does the sporting notion of fairness cope with the complexities of gender identity . Sharron davies, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You spent a lifetime in sport, of course as a champion swimmer and competitor but also as a commentator and an analyst. I want to begin with this concept of fairness in sport. What does fairness mean to you . It think itjust means equal opportunities between the sexes. So the opportunities to win medals, to win scholarships, to get a profile, to create a platform to get sponsorship
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. This is the briefing. Im sally bundock. Our top story welcome to hardtalk. An escalation in us tensions im stephen sackur. With chinese tech firms elite level sport is google cuts off huawei from using ruthlessly competitive. The best male and female athletes some of its mobile services. Push hard against their physical President Trump inflames limits in the quest tensions with iran for those marginal gains. And warns them not to but what happens when threaten the united states. Athletes change gender . And a man whos been central in particular, when individuals born biologically male transition to the french right to die debate is set to have his treatment to female after puberty. Stopped this week. Coming up in business should they be allowed no Frills Airline ryanair to compete as women . Well, my guest is former champion reports its earnings in a tough market we take a closer british swimmer turned sports commentator, sharron davies. Look at how it attemp
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Elite level sport is ruthlessly competitive. The best male and female athletes push hard against their physical limits in the quest for those marginal gains. But what happens when athletes change gender . In particular, when individuals born hello, everyone. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Biologically male transition the headlines caught in the middle of a global trade dispute. Huawei seeks to reassures its customers and insists theres no to female after puberty. Security issue with their devices. Should they be allowed to compete as women . Well, my guest is former champion british swimmer turned sports commentator, sharron davies. How well does the sporting theyre citing this as being notion of fairness cope a security issue and it absolutely with the complexities is not a security issue. This is all tied to the china us trade negotiations. The rhetoric between President Trump of gender id