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

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Bethany Jones, Jon Arcelus, Walter Pierre Bouman and Emma Haycraft declare they have no conflict of interest with the content of this letter.

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Jones, B.A., Arcelus, J., Bouman, W.P. et al. Authors’ Reply to Richardson and Chen: Comment on “Sport and Transgender People: A Systematic Review of the Literature Relating to Sport Participation and Competitive Sport Policies”. Sports Med 50, 1861–1862 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01324-6

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