The units are not the same: nM/L in the olympic standard and the normal medical standard is ng/dL. Getting from L to dL is easy, just divide by 10. So 10 nM/L = 1 nM/dL but we have to get to ng/dL.
Testosterone weighs 288.42 g/M so: (1 nM/dL)(288.42g/M) = 288.42 ng/dL
That's around the low end for a man.
"In women, normal testosterone levels range from 15 to 70 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dL) of blood."
So the IOC is allowing trans-women a level over 4 times the high end of normal for women?
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