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World Athletics has moved to impose a ban on transgender athletes from female competitions.
“The Council has agreed to exclude male or female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female world ranking competitions from March 31 this year,” said World Athletics president, Lord Sebastian Coe, at a press-conference on Thursday.
Cole said the Council had held talks with stakeholders, including 40 national federations, the International Olympic Committee and trans groups on how to integrate trans in sport. The majority decided that they should not compete in female events.
“Many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and want more evidence that any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category,” Coe said.
“We continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations,” he added.
Female competitors have felt that trans women had a natural advantages, with Coe arguing that “testosterone is the key determinant in performance”.
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