IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events

New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard, who is transgender, in the women's +87kg weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category.