Years ago, I read a newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald about how forensic statistics was used to detect drugs in sport through the differences in athletic performance between men and women in track and field.
Drugs in certain sports make women disproportionately stronger, and therefore reduces the disparity between them and men in sports that require pure strength.
In the 1980s, the gap between men and women in track and field performances had been narrowing. In 1992, major improvements were made in drug testing. In consequence, the gap between men and women in athletic performance started to widen again.
In about 1992, as I recall, athletic records for women that used to be broken several times in one major international meeting such as the Olympics suddenly stood for years before they were broken again.
HT: Phil Hurst and SecureGame
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