Swedish soccer gamers needed to “show their genitalia” to a group medical employee to show they have been females through the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany, the group’s former captain has revealed.
Former middle again Nilla Fischer, 38, who performed 194 instances for her nation, wrote in a brand new ebook titled “I Didn’t Even Say Half Of It” {that a} feminine physiotherapist performed the invasive checks on behalf of a group physician, the Times of London reported.
“We were told that we should not shave ‘down there’ in the coming days and that we will show our genitalia for the doctor,” Fischer wrote.
“[We think:] ‘Why are we forced to do this now, there has to be other ways to do this. Should we refuse?’” she wrote.
“At the same time no one wants to jeopardise the opportunity to play at a World Cup. We just have to get the s*** done, no matter how sick and humiliating it feels.”
According to The New York Post, Fischer famous that the surroundings on the group felt “safe,” however that it was unclear why the gamers have been requested to indicate their privates when swab exams may have been used to find out genders by means of DNA as a substitute.
“I understand what I have to do and quickly pull down the training pants and panties at the same time,” Fischer advised Swedish news outlet Aftonbladet, in line with the Times of London.
“The physiotherapist nods and says, ‘Yeah,’ and then looks out at the doctor, who is standing with his back to my doorway,” she stated. “When everyone in our team is checked, that is to say has exposed their vagina, our team doctor can sign off that the Swedish women’s national football team only consists of women.”
The gender exams have been performed after allegations by Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana that members of the Equatorial Guinea squad included three males, Genoveva Anonma, Slimata Simpore and Biliguisa Simpore.
Mats Börjesson, Sweden’s group physician in 2011, stated FIFA demanded the gender checks after the allegations about Equatorial Guinea’s group.
“The sports world has tried to create fairness for girls so that they don’t train their whole lives and then someone comes in with an unreasonable advantage,” he stated, in line with the Telegraph.
It is known that though FIFA required the gender exams through the 2011 match, they didn’t ask nations to conduct the particular bodily examination that Fischer described in her ebook.
“We have taken note of recent comments made by Nilla Fischer around her experiences and gender verification testing conducted by the Swedish national team at the 2011 Women’s World Cup,” the world governing physique stated in a press release.
— This story initially appeared on nypost.com and has been republished with permission
Originally printed as World Cup footballers made to endure ‘sick, humiliating’ gender exams
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
