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...ground instead of admitting that there are a limited number of organs, specialists, equipment, medicine and money, then I'll have to live with not being a panelist. And to make myself feel better, I'm going to use my health insurance to see an acupuncturist, a chiropractor, a psychologist and a Pilates instructor...
...Sports psychologist Andy Barton in London agrees that the two young sailors' situations are very different: "You learn quite a lot between 13 and 16. You can only plan ahead so much, but you need maturity to deal with the unexpected...
...matter how mature a 13-year-old she is, the psychological effects would be enormous," says Amanda Owens, a London-based sports psychologist, who worries that Dekker's planned journey could leave her emotionally stunted. "At that age, two years is a big chunk of her life to spend alone. Plus, she wouldn't yet have the coping strategies to deal with the emotional trauma that can - and would - happen." (See the top 10 sporting moments...
...athletic advantage can be such a complex matter, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF now use a comprehensive evaluation by a panel of specialists to determine whether an athlete can compete as a woman. The IAAF's evaluation of Semenya will include an endocrinologist, a gynecologist and a psychologist. Whether Semenya is genetically male will be only one of the factors considered. The test will also likely include a psychological profile to see whether she feels herself to be a woman. (Read "Feeling Betrayed by Marion Jones...
...Athletics Federations (IAAF), track and field's governing body, confirmed that Semenya had agreed to a gender-testing process that began in South Africa and was ongoing in Germany. Officials wouldn't give details of the testing, but did say that it involves an endocrinologist, a gynecologist, a psychologist, and both internal and external examinations...