IOC gives go-ahead for transsexuals to compete in Olympics: "One of the best known cases of transsexuals in sports involves Renee Richards, formerly Richard Raskind, who played on the women's tennis tour in the 1970s. Richards, now a New York opthamologist, was surprised by the IOC decision and was against it. She said decisions on transsexuals should be made on an individual basis. 'Basically, I think they're making a wrong judgment here, although I would have loved to have that judgment made in my case in 1976,' she said. 'They're probably looking for trouble down the line. There may be a true transsexual -- not someone who's nuts and wants to make money -- who will be a very good champion player, and it will be a young person, let's say a Jimmy Connors or a Tiger Woods, and then they'll have an unequal playing field. 'In some sports, the physical superiority of men over women is very significant.'"