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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Grierson

World cycling body tightens rules on transgender athletes after review

A UCI official carrying out a bike inspection
A UCI official carrying out a bike inspection. The UCI said it had ‘a duty to guarantee equal opportunities for all competitors in cycling competitions’. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

The world governing body for cycling is to ban transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty from participating in women’s events, in a U-turn on its rules.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) previously allowed transgender women to compete in the female category providing they were within a maximum permitted plasma testosterone level of 2.5 nanomoles per litre.

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