Podcast “important today”: trans* people in sport: Between fairness and discrimination

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trans* people in sport: Between fairness and discrimination

At least since the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, dealing with trans athletes has divided the sports world. Ever since a trans athlete competed there for the first time, more and more trans athletes such as the US swimmer Lia Thomas or the British cyclist Emily Bridges have been applying for competitions and are often not admitted. Officials fear for the fairness and integrity of sport, which is also due to the fact that it is common from a young age that sport can only be fair if men compete against men and women against women.

In episode 254 of “Today important” the sports physician Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bloch states that this subdivision is due to the fact that “men, for example, have greater muscle strength, more muscle performance and therefore have an advantage in many disciplines.” An advantage that trans athletes try to compensate for with hormone treatments. However, the sports doctor counters that the advantages and disadvantages are not equally balanced in every discipline. There is no clear regulation for dealing with trans athletes, the IOC has handed over responsibility to the respective associations, which should decide on a case-by-case basis. Bloch sums up the crucial question that every association must ask itself as follows: “At the end of the day, the question is: is this such a great advantage that it goes beyond the advantage that one has within one gender.”

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This was a shock for all chocolate fans this week: the candy manufacturer Ferrero has recalled a number of products because they are suspected of containing salmonella. It is assumed that the pathogens got into the chocolate products via contaminated tanks. Does that mean that at Easter this year it is better not to hide chocolate, but only jelly eggs? stern knowledge editor Nicole Simon gives the all-clear: If the products are not explicitly affected by the recall, there is no reason to worry. In principle, the risk of salmonella in chocolate is very low anyway, the last known case in Germany was in 2001.

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Paintings to smell

Spring is here, the trees are blooming and everywhere it smells of flowers and nature awakened again. Who wants to be inside and miss the olfactory spectacle? A reason for joy for some, a nuisance for all those who earn their money inside. Museums for example. First completely closed in lockdown, then only open with restrictions and now that everything is almost normal again, the weather is keeping people away. That doesn’t have to be the case, thought the Prado Museum in Madrid and came up with something to defy spring: Smellable pictures! For this, the Prado hired the famous perfumer Gregorio Sola to make images olfactory an experience. Sola then “evaporated” ten details from Brueghel’s and Rubens’ joint work “The Smell”, so that the picture can now be experienced not only visually, but also via an odor dispenser. To smell there is, for example, the delicate scent of a fig tree, wild jasmine and spring-like orange blossoms. You can close your eyes and imagine lying somewhere outdoors… Oh no, that wasn’t exactly the idea.

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