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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Flo Clifford

Can transgender athletes compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics and what are the rules?

The Winter Olympics will take place from 6-22 February - (Getty Images)

The last Olympic Games, Paris 2024, was memorable as much for a major row over gender eligibility as it was for its sporting action.

A furore erupted over the status of two boxers, Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who were suspended by the disgraced former governing body, the International Boxing Association (IBA), for having allegedly failed gender eligibility tests.

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