President of the International Olympic Committee Kirsty Coventry during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP/Getty Images
In a landmark decision, the International Olympic Committee has announced a new eligibility policy that will exclude transgender female athletes from competing in women’s events at the Olympics.
The IOC said Thursday that the policy, which will be applied starting at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, “protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category.”
The IOC policy for the world’s biggest multisport spectacle focuses on an issue that has long been a subject of heated debate among politicians, athletes, sport…