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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

Transgender women banned from female Olympic events in new IOC ruling

Future women’s Olympic events will now be limited to biological females, starting from the Los Angeles 2028 Games, in a ruling announced today by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The IOC’s new policy rules that eligibility for the women’s category will be determined by a one-time gene-screening test, in a move the committee said would “ensure fairness and protect safety, particularly in contact sports”.

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