Under the previous IOC guidelines, approved in 2003, athletes who transitioned from male to female or vice versa were required to have reassignment surgery followed by at least two years of hormone therapy in order to be eligible to compete.
Now, surgery will no longer be required, with female-to-male transgender athletes eligible to take part in men’s competitions “without restriction”.
Meanwhile, male-to-female transgender athletes will need to demonstrate that their testosterone level has been below a certain cutoff point for at least one year before their first competition.
A koala has been affectionately dubbed "Bear Grylls" after it became wedged in the grille of a vehicle travelling 100 kilometres per hour in the Adelaide Hills.
inspired by a pessimist But a good question to see whether we have a base of quality to form the nucleus of the next flag shot - which will determine how long we will need to spend at the wrong end of the ladder
I cut the age off at 24 (okay, I let Tom Bell slip in)
Try keep it to genuine 200 game players rather than guys who aren't total rubbish (you can vote for as many as you like, ordered by age to help ruthlessness)
Brisbane Gold Coast Carlton Adelaide (away) Hawthorn (away) Western Bulldogs
Gold Coast Brisbane (away) Richmond (away) Essendon Port Sydney (away)
Gold Coast did us an enormous "favour" with their upset draw and will probably put themselves out of the running next week. Though a loss is likely to give them that last spot.
If it goes to plan though, then we'll most likely find ourselves on the same number of games as Brisbane the following week (don't be surprised by any omissions - expecting us to "manage" Cripps' young body and MK's fragile one myself) with a race to the lowest percentage from there - we'd need to out lose them by about 15-20 points per game probably less if they beat us by 5 or 6 goals.
I reckon Barker is in on this and is happy enough as long as there is effort. Not sure what the club has promised in return.
Another cult great leaves the realm of mortals. As a fan of some pretty awful old time horror movies, I was delighted to see him appear in Lord of the Rings.