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IOC admits transgender athlete policy outdated, will change after Tokyo Olympics. Henry Bushnell. August 1, 2021 at 11:38 PM. ... but many have simply adopted the IOC’s guidelines. IOC spokesman ...
After a two-plus-year consultation process, the IOC moved away from a 2015 guideline that required transgender women to lower their testosterone levels if they hoped to compete alongside other ...
More recent guidelines have focused entirely on testosterone levels, such as the IOC's current guidelines, originally set in November 2015, which set limits on transgender athletes' testosterone levels for them to be permitted in women's competition categories. [14]
The new International Olympic Committee framework for transgender and intersex athletes drops policies that required athletes have "medically unnecessary" procedures.
The IOC has largely stayed out of the discussion around transgender athletes, letting the international governing bodies for each sport set the parameters for gender participation. The rules can run the gamut. Entities like World Aquatics have very strict guidelines, while World Triathlon rules are more liberal.
In April 2011, the IOC and IAAF issued statements following meetings between the two. The IAAF issued a new policy for male-to-female transgender athletes, and a second policy on the 'eligibility of females with hyperandrogenism to compete in women's competition'. [5] The 2011 IAAF 'hyperandrogenism policy' stated that:
The 2015 IOC guidelines placed limits on athletes' testosterone levels and required transgender athletes to undergo treatments. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there were 4 transgender athletes competing and this gained a lot of media attention. Three months after the Olympics in November 2021 the IOC announced a new framework for transgender and ...
The IOC published new guidelines for trans athletes in November 2021 which laid out their plan to "balance inclusivity with fairness", and included a "10-principle approach" for each sports ...