Aryna Sabalenka Confirms She Supports WTA’s Gender Policy, Thinks It’s ‘Fair’ to Undergo Biological Test
Aryna Sabalenka said the policy promotes fairness as the WTA now requires SRY gene testing for players to compete on the tour.
- Recently, Sabalenka welcomed the new WTA mandate requiring genetic testing for the SRY gene, stating, "I think it's really important to keep the fairness in our tour."
- The WTA Tour previously allowed Trans women to compete if testosterone levels stayed below 2.5 nmol/L for two years, though no such athletes currently participate.
- Defending the policy, the Belarussian said, "Obviously, biologically, men are way stronger than women, so I feel like it would be not really fair for a woman to compete against a biological man."
- Former hurdler Maria Jose Martinez-Patino criticized the move as "a setback of several decades," arguing that sex determination is complex and involves more than 60 genetic mutations.
- While the International Olympic Committee navigates the politicized issue, conservative activist Riley Gaines has campaigned against Trans women in sports for Women, recently supporting WNBA star Sophie Cunningham.
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Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, number one in the world, strongly supported the decision of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) — a professional circuit of women’s tennis — to implement a mandatory genetic test for all players in the ranking. The WTA made this decision in mid-July to meet the requirements established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Thus, players participating in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will ha…
World tennis no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka backs WTA’s controversial sex testing policy
Tennis world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka has shared her support for the Women’s Tennis Association’s controversial new trans-exclusionary s*x testing rules, saying: “biologically, men are stronger.” Speaking at a press conference for the Canadian Open in Montreal, Sabalenka shared her thoughts on the WTA’s policy. “I think it’s really important to keep the fairness in […] The post World tennis no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka backs WTA’s controversial sex testi…
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