MANCHESTER, England — World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday (March 23). World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said that the decision to exclude transgender women who had gone through male puberty was based 'on the overarching need to protect the female category'....
World Athletics' decision to exclude transgender women was based “on the overarching need to protect the female category”.MANCHESTER, England — World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions and tightened testosterone restrictions for other athletes, the governing body said on Thursday .
World Athletics' council also voted to cut the maximum amount of plasma testosterone for athletes with Differences in Sex Development in half, to 2.5 nanomoles per litre from five. Yet it said on Thursday that it became apparent there was little support within the sport for that proposal.Coe announced the formation of a working group, which will be chaired by a transgender athlete, to further study the issue of trans inclusion.
WA regulations around DSD previously required women competing in events between 400 metres and a mile to maintain testosterone levels below five nanomoles per litre.
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