now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen saga. 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 and sport as a champion swimmer and competitor but also as a commentator and analyst. i want to begin with this concept of dennis in sport. what does fairness mean to you? fairness. it means equal opportunities between the sexes. equal opportunities to win medals, scholarships, to get the profile, to create a platform to get s
welcome to hardtalk. i m 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 spon
now on bbc news, hardtalk. this is the briefing. i m sally bundock. our top story: welcome to hardtalk. an escalation in us tensions i m 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 who s 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. lo
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m 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. i m 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 there s 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 they re 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 trum
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