{"id":329639,"date":"2026-03-27T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ioc-announces-ban-of-transgender-women-athletes-from-female-events-at-olympics\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:00:52","slug":"ioc-announces-ban-of-transgender-women-athletes-from-female-events-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ioc-announces-ban-of-transgender-women-athletes-from-female-events-at-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC announces ban of transgender women athletes from female events at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TBV_LdebCec\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"IOC announces ban of transgender women athletes from female events at Olympics\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBV_LdebCec\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says the landmark decision has been taken because &#8216;it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category&#8217;. The IOC has also confirmed that all athletes wanting to compete in the female category at future Olympics will have to undergo a one-off SRY (sex determining region Y gene) screening to detect their biological sex<br \/>\n Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says the landmark decision has been taken because &#8216;it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category&#8217;. 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