<strong>Tr<strong>an</strong>sitioned</strong> <strong>Athletes</strong> <strong>an</strong>d Competition 16 haemoglobin content to be predict<strong>or</strong>s of <strong>at</strong>hletic prowess. Undoubtedly these fact<strong>or</strong>s do influence perf<strong>or</strong>m<strong>an</strong>ce; however, in <strong>at</strong>hletics the whole is gre<strong>at</strong>er th<strong>an</strong> its parts <strong>an</strong>d as such, perf<strong>or</strong>m<strong>an</strong>ce during <strong>at</strong>hletic events needs to be assessed. While to d<strong>at</strong>e the d<strong>at</strong>a available does not appear to suggest th<strong>at</strong> tr<strong>an</strong>sitioned <strong>at</strong>hletes would compete <strong>at</strong> <strong>an</strong> adv<strong>an</strong>tage <strong>or</strong> disadv<strong>an</strong>tage as compared with physically b<strong>or</strong>n men <strong>an</strong>d women, there is not enough d<strong>at</strong>a available to fully subst<strong>an</strong>ti<strong>at</strong>e this claim. Much m<strong>or</strong>e research needs to be conducted bef<strong>or</strong>e a consensus c<strong>an</strong> be made. However, due to the low prevalence of tr<strong>an</strong>sitioned individuals in the popul<strong>at</strong>ion, conducting these studies will be challenging. Due to these complic<strong>at</strong>ions we may never truly know whether tr<strong>an</strong>sitioned <strong>at</strong>hletes compete <strong>at</strong> <strong>an</strong> adv<strong>an</strong>tage <strong>or</strong> disadv<strong>an</strong>tage as compared with physically b<strong>or</strong>n men <strong>an</strong>d women.
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