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Comment on: “Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies”

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  1. All gender definitions used in this letter refer to the same terminology used by Jones et al [1].

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  1. School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

    Andrew Richardson

  2. School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

    Mark A. Chen

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Richardson, A., Chen, M.A. Comment on: “Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies”. Sports Med 50, 1857–1859 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01323-7

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