9 hours ago
I thought Erin Healy got a touch 😩
#ADLvPER
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They got shirts! That’s so cool!
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Whyyyyy did Tara just throw to a promo for an A-League MENS game? This happened in one of the group stage games too when they talked up the Big Blue. This is a perfect opportunity to throw ALW some love and I’ve not seen it at all.
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The Matildas are going to Brasil! We’re going to Brasil! 💚💛
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10 hours ago
yes 🤣
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espresso drinker Charlie Rule 🫡
#AUSvPRK #WAC2026
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I am delighted to say that Emily Arnold was excellent on her FNSW commentary debut. She’ll become a highly valued part of our media team 👏
Sending love to all women involved in football, may you continue to shine in your own ways 🌟
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Belated International Women’s Day post: it was an honour to call the NPL Women’s NSW Match of the Round for the opening weekend of the 2026 season.
It’s important that women have representation within Football NSW media, and that women are supported when they are new to our team. (1/2)
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Dub-ble screening
#ADLvPER #NEWvSYD
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Effects of gender affirming hormone therapy on exercise performance in transgender athletes
The study of the athletic performance of transgender individuals is a novel endeavour. This thesis begins with a systematic review of the changes induced in non-athletic trans women with gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) and how these changes may affect athletic performance. The 3 experimental studies in this thesis use different approaches to quantify the changes in transgender athletic performance with GAHT. A longitudinal case study was undertaken to determine the effect of GAHT on the performance of an international level trans woman cyclist (chapter 3). The cyclist demonstrated an ~15% loss of aerobic capacity with 3 months of GAHT and stable aerobic capacity for the following 9 months of GAHT. This cyclist subsequently demonstrated a 19-33% and 15-30% loss of lower and upper body strength respectively with 18 months of GAHT. A retrospective and prospective survey-based study of the performance of trans athletes pre- and 12-86 months post-GAHT in the sports of athletics, powerlifting and swimming was undertaken (chapter 4). In this study, 9 trans women athletes reported that GAHT was associated with female-typical values of testosterone, oestrogen, haemoglobin, and haematocrit. In the same study, 9 transgender women sprinters, middle- and long-distance runners reported a 15% increase in performance times with 5-86 months of GAHT: the increase was 11, 15 and 18% for the sprinters, middle- and long-distance runners respectively. The collective age-grade scores (AGs; male scores pre-GAHT and female scores post-GAHT) of the 9 runners did not change (p=0.304) with GAHT. There was no significant difference between the pre- and post-GAHT training-adjusted AGs for the sprints [95% CI of (-3.0,4.8)], the middle-distance races [95% CI of (-3.7,0.9)], or the long-distance races [95% CI of (-3.1,1.5)]. A single trans man powerlifter reported a linear (r2>0.81, p0.18). The absolute V̇O2peak of the trans women (3.19 L·min-1) was not quite significantly higher (p=0.057) than the absolute V̇O2peak of the cis women (2.83 L·min-1), however the effect size was large (d=0.84). The three studies suggest that athletic transgender women may lose more strength with GAHT than non-athletic transgender women but may still maintain a sizable absolute (but not relative) strength advantage over athletic cis women; that athletic transgender women may have little to no remaining post-GAHT advantage over athletic cisgender women in aerobic capacity; and that athletic trans men may have the capability for substantial strength gains with GAHT. These findings have implications for transgender inclusion policies depending upon the demands of the sport.
A trans woman's body at this stage will be significantly underpowered.
This cyclist had less delivery of oxygen to her working muscles which produces a higher rate of metabolites and consequently results in muscle fatigue.
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
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Effects of gender affirming hormone therapy on exercise performance in transgender athletes
The study of the athletic performance of transgender individuals is a novel endeavour. This thesis begins with a systematic review of the changes induced in non-athletic trans women with gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) and how these changes may affect athletic performance. The 3 experimental studies in this thesis use different approaches to quantify the changes in transgender athletic performance with GAHT. A longitudinal case study was undertaken to determine the effect of GAHT on the performance of an international level trans woman cyclist (chapter 3). The cyclist demonstrated an ~15% loss of aerobic capacity with 3 months of GAHT and stable aerobic capacity for the following 9 months of GAHT. This cyclist subsequently demonstrated a 19-33% and 15-30% loss of lower and upper body strength respectively with 18 months of GAHT. A retrospective and prospective survey-based study of the performance of trans athletes pre- and 12-86 months post-GAHT in the sports of athletics, powerlifting and swimming was undertaken (chapter 4). In this study, 9 trans women athletes reported that GAHT was associated with female-typical values of testosterone, oestrogen, haemoglobin, and haematocrit. In the same study, 9 transgender women sprinters, middle- and long-distance runners reported a 15% increase in performance times with 5-86 months of GAHT: the increase was 11, 15 and 18% for the sprinters, middle- and long-distance runners respectively. The collective age-grade scores (AGs; male scores pre-GAHT and female scores post-GAHT) of the 9 runners did not change (p=0.304) with GAHT. There was no significant difference between the pre- and post-GAHT training-adjusted AGs for the sprints [95% CI of (-3.0,4.8)], the middle-distance races [95% CI of (-3.7,0.9)], or the long-distance races [95% CI of (-3.1,1.5)]. A single trans man powerlifter reported a linear (r2>0.81, p0.18). The absolute V̇O2peak of the trans women (3.19 L·min-1) was not quite significantly higher (p=0.057) than the absolute V̇O2peak of the cis women (2.83 L·min-1), however the effect size was large (d=0.84). The three studies suggest that athletic transgender women may lose more strength with GAHT than non-athletic transgender women but may still maintain a sizable absolute (but not relative) strength advantage over athletic cis women; that athletic transgender women may have little to no remaining post-GAHT advantage over athletic cisgender women in aerobic capacity; and that athletic trans men may have the capability for substantial strength gains with GAHT. These findings have implications for transgender inclusion policies depending upon the demands of the sport.
Men on ave have 15% greater aerobic capacity than women.
This International level trans woman cyclist experienced a 15% LOSS of aerobic capacity in just 3 months.
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3 days ago
The statement by the Brisbane Roar on Instagram.
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Senator Kelly, “It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.”
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that’s a relief 🙏🏽 🇵🇭
#WAC2026 #JPNvVIE
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3 days ago
literally every other Filipinx: come on Japan, score another goal
me: SHOW VIETNAM THE CHEESE
#WAC2026 #JPNvVIE
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3 days ago
if I’ve read the tiebreakers correctly
to qualify, Philippines need Japan to win by 3 goals
or Japan to win 2-0 plus a Vietnamese player getting carded
#WAC2026 #JPNvVIE
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3 days ago
how do they clap so loud lol
🇹🇼
#INDvTPE #WAC2026
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3 days ago
finally timed the shot correctly 🤣
🌈 🎆
🇮🇳 🇹🇼
#INDvTPE #WAC2026
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4 days ago
The situation in Lebanon is truly bleak, Israel effectively occupying the south, regular strikes into civilian areas of Beirut, half a million people displaced and even if the strikes on Iran slow down or cease this is likely to persist. It's horrific the news continues to fail like this.
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Hey @albomp.bsky.social, don’t you love those shared values?
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this is magic 😱
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Happy International Women’s Day!
We’re highlighting the pioneering women footballers who played their game despite oppression and stigma.
From Rutherglen Ladies to Rose Reilly, there are hundreds of female role models from throughout football history ⚽️
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I don't understand how people advocate for inclusion by excluding some other group.
Women are women, dammit.
Blak women are women
Disabled women are women
Muslim women are women
Working women are women
Trans women are women
The butchest woman you've ever met is still a woman.
Simples. #IWD26✊️
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UN Human Rights Council raises concern over Olympics sex testing
The United Nation's Human Rights Council has questioned the Olympics approach to sex testing saying it raises "serious concerns".
The @iocmedia must not return toThe Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes.These tests are "unethical, unscientific & discriminatory", & which were widely condemned in the past by doctors, bioethics experts & international human-rights organisations.
www.outinperth.com/un-human-rig...
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A lot of these warmongers live either outside the U.K. or inside the UK in gated communities that you could barely find on Google Maps. Quite a few of them will have stocks in defence companies. So they’re just sitting at home safe and increasingly richer, smugly smiling as human beings burn alive.
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Charlie Rules
Podcast Episode · Beyond 90 · March 7 · 27m
PODCAST | Charlie Rules 💛💚💪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
@allyc.bsky.social & @ericsubijano.bsky.social meet up for a quick pod to celebrate the Matildas defeating Iran, to share how they feel about Matildas v South Korea, and to be sad about Ireland losing to France.
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6 days ago
Just realized that one reason they want AI involved in everything is that they can offload blame onto it
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