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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans

Female runners get ready to race
UKA’s new transgender position wants to keep female events for ‘competitors who were female at birth’. Photograph: Mike Powell/Getty Images

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has taken the unprecedented step of criticising UK Athletics for its “inaccurate” interpretation of the law after UKA announced plans for a new transgender policy.

The EHRC’s intervention came hours after UKA said it wanted to ban transgender women from female events on fairness grounds – but it would be too “risky” to do so unless the government changes the law.

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