In this room, her strength and speed and stamina will not benefit her, because what these doctors intend to determine is not whether she’s strong enough to run against the world’s fastest women. What they intend to determine is whether she’s a woman at all. And when they render their verdict, it will be a loss like none other. Not just of opportunity, but identity—stripping the runner of her womanhood as easily as they stripped her of her clothes.
