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Friday, a presentation in a global athletics panel in Tokyo revealed that 50 to 60 athletes with male biological advantages have been finalists in the women’s category at the world and continental championships since 2000.
The panel was led by the head of the World Department of Health and Athletics Sciences, Dr. Stéphane Bermon, who said that sexual tests were necessary due to “over -representation” of DSD athletes (differences in sexual development) among the finalists, according to several reports.
The controversy on the issue of world athletics occurred when Caster Semenya in South Africa won Olympic gold at the 800 meters at the 2012 and 2016 Games. Then, at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, Christine Mboma of Namibia claimed money in 200 meters.
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The Caster Semenya gold medalist in South Africa is on the podium during the medal ceremony for the 800 female meters at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. (Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
World athletics changed its policy in March 2023, excluding transgender male athletes with female who crossed the male puberty of female competitions, the prioritization of “equity and integrity”.
Last October, the The United Nations said nearly 900 organic women fell below the podium because they were beaten by trans athletes.
The results were compiled by Reem Alsalem, the UN rapporteur on violence against women and entitled “Violence against women and girls in sport.“”
The report indicates that more than 600 athletes have not been medalists in more than 400 competitions in 29 sports, totaling more than 890 medals, according to information obtained on March 30.
“The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed sex category has led to an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, during competition against men,” said the report.
“It’s huge, especially from the UN,” said Outkick’s contributor on Wednesday and “Gaines for Girls”, Riley Gaines, “Fox and Friends”. “A girl exploited in the locker room, a girl injured in her sport is too big.”
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The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, approached the subject of transgender athletes who have participated in female sports at his first press conference since care in June and said that there was “overwhelming support” by CIO members To protect the female category.
“We understand that there will be differences according to sport … But it was very clear of the members that we must protect the female category, above all to ensure equity,” said Coventry.
“But we must do it with a scientific approach and the inclusion of international federations which have already done a lot of work in this area.”
The new president added that there is “unanimous” support to achieve an agreement on how to modify politics and suggested that the IOC could be inspired by global athletics policy, which prevents biological men from participating in female sports if these men have crossed male puberty.
“It was very clear of the membership that the discussion around this must be done with medical and scientific research at the heart, we therefore examine the facts and the nuances and the inclusion of international federations which have done so much of this work … Having a siege at the table and sharing with us because each sport is different,” she said.
“But it was almost unanimously felt that the IOC should play a leading role by bringing together everyone to try to find a large consensus.”
However, Coventry also said that not all changes have not led to retroactively modifying the results of past competitions that presented athletes with gender eligibility issues.
The 2024 Paris Games presented two boxers winning gold in female competition despite sexual eligibility tests before for international competitions.
“We are not going to do anything retrospectively. We will wait impatiently. Members [it] Was: “What are we learning from the past, and how are we going to take advantage of this and advance this to the future?” Said Coventry.
