Quote:The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reportedly preparing to ban all transgender women athletes from participating in the women’s category of Olympic competition.

The decision is grounded in “unambiguous scientific evidence” that individuals born male retain significant physical advantages, even after hormonal transition.

According to The Times, the IOC is on the brink of finalizing eligibility rules that would effectively bar transgender women, and those with differences in sexual development (DSD) who started after male-puberty, from competing in the female category beginning with the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.

This marks a dramatic reversal from policies over the past decade which permitted transgender women to compete if they met specific testosterone thresholds and other criteria.

Now, under the leadership of IOC President Kirsty Coventry (a former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe), the organization appears ready to shift gears sharply.

The Daily Mail reported:

While Olympic sources have confirmed that such a measure is very much the ‘direction of travel’, it is highly unlikely to come into force before the Winter Olympics in Italy next February.

One report suggested that a rule change could be announced in February, but insiders estimated it might take between six months and a year for it to be approved and cleared.

The move would be seen as a box ticked by Coventry, who campaigned to protect the female category on her way to winning the presidential election earlier this year.

It would also avoid any awkward flashpoints with Donald Trump in the build-up to the LA Olympics – in February, the US President signed an executive order to prevent transgender women from competing in female sport.

Such has been the focus on this area that a presentation was delivered by IOC medical, health, and science director Dr Jane Thornton to members in Lausanne last week, which included a science-based review around trans and DSD issues. The IOC denied that any decision has been made on either front and it is understood there has not yet been a presentation to the executive board, which next convenes in December.

An IOC statement to Daily Mail Sport read: ‘An update was given by the IOC’s director of health, medicine and science to the IOC Members last week during the IOC commission meetings. The working group is continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet.’

Last July, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee banned transgender biological males from competing in women’s events to comply with the executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

The committee announced the change on Monday after informing the national sport governing bodies that it has an “obligation to comply” with Trump’s February “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Executive Order 14201, which requires federal agencies and organizations receiving federal funding to enforce sex-based distinctions in sports.

The new “Athlete Safety Policy” references the order directly, without naming it.

“The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act,” the document says.

Under the new rules, athletes must compete in the category corresponding to their biological sex at birth.

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About time. Trump had told the IOC president that if they didn't change the rule, there would be no Olympics in the US.

Encouraging news, for a change.

So incredibly bizarre that this issue had to be (and not over yet) “analyzed”, “researched”, and “debated” for so many years. I use the air-quotes because there is no serious counter-argument to be made. Just a sign of how deeply confused and disoriented our generation really is.

And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

(11-10-2025 08:58 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

I admit, I was prepared to, but then I remembered that all three were still pretty heavily Democrat areas. The only one that still shocks me is Jay Jones being elected as the Old Dominion's top cop despite his tweets because that's the one we really should've won. It should've been a slam dunk for us, and it wasn't. But I guess when people on the left celebrate the assassination of a guy who just wanted to have an honest debate of ideas (Charlie Kirk), it shouldn't really be shocking at all.

By the way, today marks two months since he was brutally murdered in broad daylight. Hopefully, justice will be served in that case.

(11-10-2025 08:58 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

You mean the blue wave? The one where the net gain was zero?

Common sense may not be all that common these days, but I still recognize it when I see it. Sadly, the Trump Effect likely has more to do with it than the governing body's wish to protect women in sports.

So I guess those transgender men who were once women can still compete in the boxing and power lifting?

(11-11-2025 07:54 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  

(11-10-2025 08:58 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

You mean the blue wave? The one where the net gain was zero?

Tarlov referred to it as a blue wave the other day. I laughed.

(11-11-2025 10:21 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-11-2025 07:54 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  

(11-10-2025 08:58 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

You mean the blue wave? The one where the net gain was zero?

Tarlov referred to it as a blue wave the other day. I laughed.

Are we sure she wasn't referring to her bathtub? lol

Common sense. Essentially they are creating the XX division and the open division, which is how it should be.

If the Olympics ceased to exist tomorrow I would not notice the difference

Frick em.

(11-11-2025 10:21 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(11-11-2025 07:54 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  

(11-10-2025 08:58 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  And so many people here were freaking over the recent election results.

You mean the blue wave? The one where the net gain was zero?

Tarlov referred to it as a blue wave the other day. I laughed.

I laughed too

Still would