{"id":64082,"date":"2025-11-11T20:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/transgender-women-banned-from-female-olympic-events"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:41:45","slug":"transgender-women-banned-from-female-olympic-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/transgender-women-banned-from-female-olympic-events","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Women Banned From Female Olympic Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is preparing to ban transgender women from competing in female categories across all Olympic sports following a \u201cscientific review\u201d on physical advantages linked to male puberty, The Times reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the British daily, the new policy, expected to be announced early next year under IOC President Kirsty Coventry, follows findings that the physical benefits of being born male \u201cremain even after testosterone suppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The review was presented last week in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Dr. Jane Thornton, a Canadian sports medicine physician, the IOC\u2019s medical and scientific director and a former Olympic rower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very scientific, factual, and unemotional presentation which quite clearly laid out the evidence,\u201d one source familiar with the meeting told The Times, adding that feedback from IOC members was \u201chugely positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming rules would replace the IOC\u2019s previous guidance, allowing transgender athletes to compete with reduced testosterone levels, a framework that left eligibility decisions to individual sports.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry, a former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe who took office this year, has said the committee\u2019s approach aims to \u201cplace emphasis on the protection of the female category\u201d while maintaining a \u201cscientific approach\u201d in coordination with international federations.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is also expected to address athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) following debates surrounding competitors such as Algeria\u2019s Imane Khelif and Taiwan\u2019s Lin Yu-Ting, who won gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics despite prior eligibility disputes.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement could come as early as February, during an IOC session before the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, pending final legal review of the new rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is preparing to ban transgender women from competing in female categories across all Olympic sports following a \u201cscientific review\u201d on physical advantages linked to male puberty, The Times reported Monday. 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