Following the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban transgender athletes from competing in the LA28 Olympics and ...

The rules for who qualifies to compete as a female athlete in the Olympics have changed—again. All transgender women athletes ...

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility ...

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility ...

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from all women’s events at the Olympic Games in accordance with a new policy from ...

The International Olympic Committee will require all athletes who want to participate in women's events to undergo genetic ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events. The IOC stated eligibility for ...

Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.

Kirsty Coventry, President of the IOC, gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, on February 6, 2026. Editorial Fellow ...

Athletes will have to undergo a one-time screening for the SRY gene, found on the Y chromosome, the IOC said Thursday.

Only biological female athletes, whose gender will be determined by a one-time gene-screening test, will now be eligible to take part in female category events at the Olympic Games, the International ...