World Athletics will look again at its rules relating to transgender athletes after Sebastian Coe praised swimming for acting in its "best interests" by imposing ban.
Coe’s intervention came as a top medical official at FINA said the decision of swimming’s governing body to restrict transgender athletes in elite women's swimming had provided a blueprint for other sports to follow in balancing fairness with inclusion. “We see an international federation asserting its primacy in setting rules, regulations and policies that are in the best interest of its sport,” said Coe, president of World Athletics. “This is as it should be.
“We have always believed, and repeated constantly, that biology trumps gender and we will continue to review our regulations in line with this.”
