The United States has effectively barred transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at the Olympics, in which a committee has told Governing Bodies that they have a “responsibility” to comply with an executive order signed by Donald Trump.
The US Olympics and the Para Olympic Committee (USOPC) changed their qualification rules on Monday to exclude biological men from women. The events with updating on its website have been confirmed in a letter to the National Sport Governing Bodies.
The USOPC said in its athlete safety policy, “USOPC will continue to cooperate with various stakeholders with surveillance responsibilities, such as IOC, IPC, NGBS, Executive Order 14201 and TED Stayyuns Olympic and Awami Sports Act.”
Executive order is cited.
Associated Press It is reported that a letter has confirmed the USOPC plans. It states that “USOPC has engaged in respect and constructive dialogue with federal officials” since Trump has signed the order.
USOPC CEO Sarah Harshland and President Jane Cyick wrote in a letter, “As a federal chartered organization, it is our responsibility to follow federal expectations.”
“Our revised policy emphasizes the importance of ensuring a fair and safe competitive environment for women. All national governing bodies need to update their applicable policies in alignment.”
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Sky Sports News Senior Reporter Robbie Rob Dorsette has confirmed the Football Association that transgender women will not be able to play in women’s football in England from June 1.
In February, Trump signed the order to exclude transgender girls and women from women sports. Signing the order, Trump claimed that “the war against women’s sports is over”.
The order gives the Department of Education the authority to punish schools, which allow transgender athletes to compete and may lose their federal funds for any violation school.
It calls on the US government to refuse a visa for transgender women trying to compete in the United States. Trump has said he will not allow transgender athletes to compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed individual sports federations to formulate its rules at the Olympics. Its current policy allows trans -athletes to compete in general guidance to prevent any athletes from gaining unfair advantage.
IOC Coventry: We have to protect the women category
Christie Country, who was elected as the first female president of the IOC in March, said that last month is “tremendous support” for the protection of the women’s category and is emphasizing a new global policy on gender eligibility.
Coventry said it would set up a task force of experts and international federations to develop a policy, before the IOC would leave gender rules on individual sports governing bodies.
A growing number of sports federations has been banned from players who have crossed male puberty against elite women, though in other sports transgender women are still capable of participating in women’s incidence at the Olympics.
“There was a lot of support here that we should protect the women’s category,” Coventry said. “And at the same time, we will set up a working group consisting of experts and international federations.
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Christie Country, president of the newly appointed International Olympic Committee, says he is against banning countries belonging to the Olympics on disputes and wants to set up a task force to help the IOC make decisions.
“The members agreed that the IOC should play an important role in this. And that we should unite experts and international federations and ensure that we have a consensus.
“We understand that differences will arise in terms of sports. But it was fully agreed that as a member, as an IOC, we should try to emphasize the protection of the women category.”
At last year’s Olympics, boxers Amen Khalif and Lin Yong won the gold medals despite the International Boxing Association (IBA) being disqualified from last year’s World Championship, allegedly failing gender qualification tests.
The IOC cleared both athletes to compete. The World Boxing (WBO) has later introduced a compulsory sex test and said that all athletes will need to be tested to compete in the women’s category.
Coventry said no previous action will be taken in last year’s sports.
“We’re not doing anything with frustration,” he added. ” From members [it] ‘What are we learning from the past, and how are we going to take advantage of it and move towards the future?’
