US EditionIOC Considers Blanket Ban on Trans Women in Olympics
- Last week, IOC director of health, medicine and science Dr. Jane Thornton presented an update incorporating a science-based review that found advantages for individuals born male.
- IOC President Kirsty Coventry created the `Protection of the Female Category` working group last month to unite experts and international federations, reversing the IOC’s earlier approach of delegation to individual sports.
- Several federations including World Athletics and World Aquatics already tightened rules, while boxing and athletics introduced mandatory SRY gene testing this year to verify biological sex.
- If finalised, the move would mark a dramatic reversal of the IOC's previous inclusive framework and could exclude athletes with Differences of Sex Development at the Los Angeles Games.
- Timing remains uncertain as the IOC working group continues discussions and approval could take six to 12 months, with reports saying an announcement may come days before the 2026 Winter Olympics on February 6.
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A Reckoning for Women's Sport at the Olympics
The Times reported this week on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) impending big announcement: competitors with differences of sexual development (DSD) and trans women - that is, biological males - will no longer be permitted to compete against women. The decision stems from a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born
REPORT: IOC Set to Ban Men Identifying as Women from All Female Olympic Events
by Warner Todd Huston, Breitbart: The International Olympic Committee is set to ban men who identify as women from all female Olympic sporting events, a report claims. According to The Times in the UK, the IOC is preparing to announce it early next year officially. TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ The likely announcement comes on the heels of […]
Olympics may use genetic tests to keep trans athletes out of women's events
The International Olympic Committee is expected to announce a blanket ban on transgender women competing in women’s Olympic sports. Until now, the IOC has allowed transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports if they had reduced testosterone levels. Officials said they expect to make the decision early next year, according to The Times. They also said that the decision comes after a science-based review of what they described as permanent p…
Olympic Committee Drops Hammer On Transgenders
The International Olympic Committee is reportedly ready to drop the hammer on transgender participation in women’s sports, moving to ban transgenders from competing against biological females in future Olympic events. According to The Times of London, the IOC’s upcoming policy overhaul will also include athletes with “differences of sex development” (DSD) — individuals born with male traits but raised female — in an effort to “protect” the women…
Transgender women are no longer supposed to participate in women's sport at the Olympic Games. This is what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has done after a ... The post Olympic Committee bans transwomen from participating in women's sport appeared first on Apollo News from 2026.
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