[SilverRed]

>incentivizes male athletes that can't win medals but are close to take hormone replacement theory solely so they can compete

This might seem absurd but when you consider that they already go to extreme lengths to sneak in highly dangerous and life altering drugs just to win, I can see it happening.

[unrealhoang]

There has been normal athletes pretended to be disabled to cheat the paralympic game, so yeah, it obviously will happen.

[SilverRed]

I have heard this is a very serious problem with even genuinely disabled athletes pretending to be in worse condition than they actually are to get in easier games/handicaps.

[djrogers]

Does it seem absurd when you consider that some totalitarian regimes pluck 4 year olds from their families and send them to gymnastics schools, all for the chance to get an extra gold medal?