{"id":1374349,"date":"2026-03-26T17:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/transgender-women-have-been-banned-from-participating-in-the-olympic-games\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:03:31","slug":"transgender-women-have-been-banned-from-participating-in-the-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/transgender-women-have-been-banned-from-participating-in-the-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender women have been banned from participating in the Olympic Games."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\"><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"277\"><strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The International Olympic Committee<\/span><\/span> has approved a new eligibility policy that excludes transgender women from participating in women&#8217;s categories at the Olympic Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"335\"> <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">CNN<\/span><\/span> reports this.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"590\"> The new rules will take effect at the 2028 Olympics in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Los Angeles<\/span><\/span> . Now, only biological women are permitted to participate in women&#8217;s events. Determination will be made, in particular, through a one-time genetic test for the presence of the SRY gene.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"773\"> The IOC explained that the decision is aimed at ensuring the fairness, safety, and integrity of women&#8217;s sport. However, the new policy does not apply to the grassroots or amateur levels.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"824\"> <strong data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"824\">The restrictions will also apply to DSD athletes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"987\"> The document also provides for additional restrictions for athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD), including those like <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Caster Semenya<\/span><\/span> .<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1185\"> The IOC notes that scientific evidence indicates physical benefits associated with male sexual development that may persist over time, particularly due to the effects of testosterone on strength and endurance.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1356\"> The revision of the rules was initiated by IOC President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kirsty Coventry<\/span><\/span> , who noted the need for clear criteria to protect the women&#8217;s category.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1483\"> Prior to this, individual international federations, particularly in athletics, swimming, and cycling, had already introduced similar restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1664\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> At the same time, according to available data, not a single athlete who underwent gender transition after being born male will compete at the 2024 Olympics in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Paris<\/span><\/span> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Olympic Committee has approved a new eligibility policy that excludes transgender women from participating in women&#8217;s categories at the Olympic Games. CNN reports this. The new rules will take effect at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles . Now, only biological women are permitted to participate in women&#8217;s events. Determination will be made, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1112258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76895],"class_list":["post-1374349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1374349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1112258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1374349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}