Olympics align with Trump as transgender athletes banned from women’s games

Al Jazeera Social JusticeNews ReportEN 4 min read 100% complete by By The Associated PressMarch 26, 2026 at 05:27 PM

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has implemented a new eligibility policy, effective for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and beyond, banning transgender women from competing in women's events. The policy, announced in March 2026, aligns with a US presidential executive order and aims to ensure fairness, safety, and integrity in female sports categories. Eligibility will be determined by mandatory gene testing, limiting participation to biological females. The IOC's decision also restricts female athletes with differences in sex development (DSD). While the policy is not retroactive, it marks a significant shift from the IOC's previous guidance to individual sports federations.

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The IOC published a 10-page policy document that also restricts female athletes with DSD.

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It is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category.

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The new eligibility policy aims to protect “fairness, safety and integrity in the female category”.

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Eligibility for any female category event is now limited to biological females.

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Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics.

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Milan 40% Italy 40% Paris 2024 Summer Olympics 40% New Zealand 50% Caster Semenya 50% Tokyo Olympics 50% Laurel Hubbard 60% Los Angeles 60% Kirsty Coventry ×270% Donald Trump 80% Olympic Games ×390% International Olympic Committee (IOC) ×7100%

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transgender athletes 100% olympics 90% ioc 80% women's sports 70% eligibility policy 70% biological females 60% fairness 60% differences in sex development 50% gene test 50% kirsty coventry 40%

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