US EditionJK Rowling Declares Victory as Olympics Bans Trans Athletes - and Swipes at Boxer Imane Khelif
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JK Rowling declares victory as Olympics bans trans athletes - and swipes at boxer Imane Khelif
JK Rowling has declared victory after the Olympics announced a ban on transgender athletes competing in women's events - before taking a swipe at Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. Taking to social media, the legendary British author described the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision as a "welcome return to fair sport for women and girls". However, she said that she would "never forget the scandal of Paris 2024", in reference to Khelif's g…
It is a measure that marks a return to protocols used between 1968 and 1996 and will restrict access to transgender athletes and most intersex athletes.
Due to today's decision by the IOC, Luca Hámori could have been an Olympic champion - The Hungarian boxer's defeater, Iman Helif, won the gold medal in Paris, but in the future, only biological women will be able to compete in the women's categories.
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