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XY DSD athletes are barred from competing in the women's 400-1500 races. The ban isn't confined to those disciplines for any logical reason, but was meant to be an ad hoc solution to the Caster Semenya situation a few years back. As for why they are allowed to compete with women at all, I think it's because of the legal precedent established when Maria Jose Martinez Patino, a former elite hurdler and XY DSD athlete, sued the IAAF in the late 80s/early 90s. She won her case and opened the door for other XY DSD athletes to participate in women's sports.