US EditionOlympics to ban transgender athletes from all women’s events: Report
- Next year, the International Olympic Committee will ban transgender women from all female categories, likely announcing the change in early 2026 at the IOC session during the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
- Following a science-based review, Dr Jane Thornton, IOC medical and scientific director, presented last week in Lausanne that athletes born male retain physical advantages despite testosterone reduction, with Coventry stating it's to "protect the female category, first and foremost to ensure fairness."
- Sports differ on eligibility rules, with athletics and World Aquatics banning those who underwent male puberty, while two boxing golds at Paris last year by Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting sparked controversy; the policy reportedly covers DSD athletes.
- The IOC appears set to convert guidance into binding eligibility rules, with some work remaining to ensure legal watertightness despite overwhelmingly positive member feedback from the IOC working group and legal advisers.
- The proposed change could reshape eligibility for the Los Angeles Olympics, aligning IOC rules with World Athletics and World Aquatics, while IOC members received details on sex testing last week.
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International Olympic Committee inches toward unified policy on transgender athletes 'to protect the female category'
Medical director Dr. Jane Thornton updated IOC members on the initial findings of a working group studying the issue of transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
Olympics Set to Ban Transgender Athletes · Caldron Pool
We’ve long said that sports would be the breaking point for the transgender movement — and it’s starting to look like that prediction was correct. The Olympics are reportedly preparing to ban all transgender athletes from female events after finding scientific evidence that being born male provides athletic advantages. Who would have thought, huh?! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reviewing evidence of biological advantages linked to…
Are the Olympics Issuing Transgender Ban? International Olympic Committee Responds to Report | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
A report was published this morning alleging that the International Olympic Committee (aka the IOC) would be announcing a ban on “transgender women in female competition.” The Times published this report, suggesting that Dr. Jane Thornton, the medical and scientific director for the IOC, presented the findings of a study at a recent meeting that suggested that “scientific evidence showed there were physical advantages to being born male that rem…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's categories in all sports.
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