She spoke to DW about World Athletics' new regulations. Maria Jose Martinez-Patino believes World Athletics' new genetic testing for women at elite level is "a setback of several decades". World Athletics argues that the SRY gene — present in people with a Y chromosome, usually men — "is a reliable indicator for determining biological sex." Martinez-Patino pays the price of sex testingAfter failing the test, Martinez-Patino chose to fight back but it cost her. Some women competing are also a bit baffled at World Athletics insistence on protecting them in this regard.