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Kirsty Coventry, new IOC president, announced a scientific approach to protect the female category in sports, establishing a taskforce to develop new policies that may ban transgender and athletes with differences of sex development from competing in women's events, emphasizing fairness and moving forward without revisiting past results.
Transgender female runner Glenique Frank, who competed in the female category of the London Marathon and beat around 14,000 women, has offered to give her medal back after facing criticism. Frank, who identifies as female, said she did not compete as an elite runner and did not steal any money. She plans to run in other races, including New York City, Tokyo, and Boston, and will enter the London Marathon next year as "other" or "male" to "just keep everybody happy."
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in female track and field events, regardless of their testosterone levels. The decision was made after consulting with stakeholders, including trans groups, and prioritizing fairness and the integrity of the female competition. The council also tightened restrictions on athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD), requiring them to reduce their blood testosterone levels to below 2.5 nanomoles per litre for two years to compete in the female category. This will make it difficult for athletes like Caster Semenya to compete.
World Athletics has announced new rules that prohibit transgender women athletes who have gone through male puberty from participating in female world rankings competitions. The decision comes after deliberation with various groups, including representative transgender and human rights groups. World Athletics will set up a working group to evaluate the issue of transgender inclusion over the next 12 months. Critics say the bans add to the discrimination trans people face, while advocates argue that transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women in sports.