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Transgender Athletes Barred From Female Category Events
- The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it will exclude transgender women and DSD athletes who have undergone male puberty from the female category at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, determining eligibility through one-time SRY gene screening.
- After reviewing scientific evidence and international human rights law, the Olympic governing body shifted from leaving eligibility decisions to individual federations, implementing centralized protections for the female category at future Games.
- IOC President Kirsty Coventry stated the policy aims to "ensure fairness, and to protect safety, particularly in contact sports," noting that male sex provides performance advantages in strength, power, and endurance sports.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt credited President Donald Trump for the policy, describing it as the result of his Executive Order protecting women's sports announced last year.
- The new rules contrast sharply with the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games, where weightlifter Laurel Hubbard competed as the first transgender Olympian; the IOC clarified the policy does not apply to recreational sports.
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