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Female-only Women's Sport: The IOC Announces New Policy On the Protection of Women's Sport
The International Olympic Committee, under its new President Kirsty Coventry, has announced new guidelines for eligibility in women's sport. The central decision is clear: the boundaries around women's sport will be protected, with no males — whether they identify as transgender or are athletes with specified differences of sex development (DSDs) — eligible to compete in the women's category. Women's sport is now female only.
This is a strong, unified position. The policy mandates the eligibility requirement across all Member Federations, establishing a central global standard that should…
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