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Olympic Committee Moves Toward Banning Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports

The IOC set up a scientific group to evaluate the persistence of male physical advantage even after testosterone suppressing treatment.
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Olympic Committee Moves Toward Banning Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports
Olympic rings are pictured outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ahead of newly elected President Kirsty Coventry first Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 25, 2025. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Rachel Roberts
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Nov. 10 that a working group is considering whether to ban transgender-identifying athletes from all women’s sports in the Los Angeles Olympics, but that no decision has yet been taken.

The IOC issued a statement following British media reports that biological males will be universally barred from women’s events in all sports in the 2028 games—but did not deny this would be the likely outcome, following several sporting bodies tightening up their rules around entry in the female category.

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