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A speech World track and field sports Tokyo’s group revealed on Friday that 50 to 60 athletes with male biology advantages have been finalists in the women’s category of the global and continental championships since 2000.
The group is led by Stephane Bermon, chair of the World Department of Track and Field Health and Science, he said Sexual testing According to multiple reports, “overrepresentation” of DSD (Gender Development Difference) athletes among finalists is necessary.
When South Africa’s Caster Semenya won the 800m Olympic gold medal in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, it caused controversy over the world track and field competition. Then, at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Namibia’s Christine Mboma captured the silver in 200m.
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South Africa’s gold medalist Gold Semenya stood on the podium at the women’s 800-meter medal ceremony at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Patrick Smith/Getty Image)
World track and field has changed its policy in March 2023, excluding transgender athletes who have experienced male adolescence from women’s competitions, prioritizing “fairness and integrity.”
Last October, United Nations Nearly 900 biological women suffered podiums because they were beaten by trans athletes, said.
The findings were edited by Reem Alsalem, the United Nations report on violence against women, titled “Violence against women and girls in the campaign.“
According to information obtained on March 30, more than 600 athletes have not won more than 400 contests in 29 sports, according to information obtained on March 30.
“Replacing the female sports category with mixed sex categories has led to an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities including medals when competing with men,” the report said.
“It’s huge, especially from the United Nations…” Outkick contributor and host of “Gaines for Girls” Riley Gaines told “Fox and Friends” Wednesday. “A girl is exploited in the locker room and a girl is injured in sports is a girl who is too many.”
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The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, At her first official press conference since taking over in June, trans athletes have participated in the topic of trans athletes and said there is “overwhelming support” IOC Members Protect women category.
“We know there will be differences based on the sport … but it’s obvious from the members that we have to protect the female category first to ensure fairness,” Coventry said.
“However, we need to take a scientific approach and include international federations that have done a lot of work in this area.”
The new president added that there was a “unanimous” support on how to modify the policy and recommended that the IOC draw inspiration from the world track and field policy, which restricts biological men from participating in female sports if these males go through male adolescence.
“From a membership, medical and scientific research around the core has to be discussed, so we are looking at facts, nuances and an international alliance that includes a lot of the work done…sit down at the table and share it with us because every sport is different,” she said.
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“However, it is almost unanimous that the IOC should play a leadership role in bringing everyone together to find a broad consensus.”
However, Coventry also said that any change may not lead to retroactively changing the outcome of past matches that feature issues of gender qualifications.
The 2024 Paris Games won gold medals in women’s competition with two boxers, although there has been no previous gender-compatible tests in international competitions.
“We won’t do anything retroactively. We’re going to look forward to it. [it] “What have we learned from the past, how will we use it and move it forward into the future,” Coventry said.
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