The International Olympic Committee is expected to unveil a new policy early next year, sources have told the outlet<\/p>\n
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is poised to bar transgender women from competing in female events at the Olympics under a new eligibility policy, The Times has reported, citing sources.
\nThe move would mark a major shift from the IOC\u2019s current approach of allowing transgender participation with reduced testosterone levels while leaving the criteria to individual sporting federations. The reported change has been linked to new IOC President Kirsty Coventry, who was elected in March and is the first woman to head the body. She has pledged to \u201cprotect the female category.\u201d\u00a0
\nAccording to the report on Monday, the IOC is likely to announce the policy change early next year, possibly around its session at the Winter Olympics in February.
\nThe revision is reportedly based on a scientific review of transgender athletes that found physical advantages linked to being born male can persist even after testosterone levels are medically reduced. The findings were presented to IOC members last week by the body\u2019s medical and scientific director, Jane Thornton, and were received \u201chugely positively,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n
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The participation of transgender athletes in female sports remains a contentious issue. Cases such as US swimmer Lia Thomas and New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard sparked debate about whether such competitors have an unfair advantage over biological females. In 2021, the IOC declared there should be \u201cno presumption of advantage\u201d for transgender women and, a year later, handed responsibility to individual federations, telling them to devise their own criteria. Some bodies have since tightened their rules.
\nThe 2024 Olympics in Paris reignited the controversy, drawing criticism over scandals and an opening ceremony that featured homosexuals, transsexuals, and drag queens simulating a Bacchanalia patterned after Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s famous mural \u2018The Last Supper.\u2019 In women\u2019s boxing, Algerian fighter Imane Khelif, who had previously been ruled ineligible for the World Championships over her gender, won gold after defeating Italy\u2019s Angela Carini. The Italian forfeited the fight after just 45 seconds, declaring \u201cthis is unjust!\u201d and said she had been hit harder than ever before and feared that her nose was broken.
\nFormer IOC President Thomas Bach insisted at the time that there was \u201cno scientifically solid system\u201d to distinguish between men and women in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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