President Trump signed an executive order aimed at pressuring the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change its policies on transgender athletes in women's sports. The order empowers the Secretary of State to push for amendments to Olympic standards, emphasizing the determination of eligibility based on biological sex rather than gender identity or testosterone levels. It also directs the Secretary of State and Department of Homeland Security to review policies regarding the admission of males seeking to compete in women's sports in the United States.
from women's sports that his administration wants the IOC to “change everything having to do with the Olympics and having to do with this absolutely ridiculous subject" ahead of the empowers the Secretary of State's office to pressure the IOC to amend standards governing Olympic sporting events “to promote fairness, safety and the best interests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation in women’s sporting events is determined according to sex and not gender...
The rules can run the gamut. Entities like World Aquatics have very strict guidelines, while World Triathlon rules are more liberal.
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