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The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men in the ultra-endurance arena (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My point was longer distances are not the cause of a narrower sex difference, the records show that. They only found that trend in older racers where men will have lower testosterone levels.

[–] 0xCAFFE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The disparity is also lower for longer races, it’s right there in the article and papers