How many trans women have competed at the Olympics? The answer is far smaller than you might think
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News Summary
- The IOC has confirmed that transgender women will be banned from the female categories of future Olympic events.
- The new policy, titled ‘Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport’, will come into effect for the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
- eligibility for female sporting events will be determined by one-time gene-screening sex tests.
- Only one openly transgender woman has ever competed in the Games: Laurel Hubbard, who represented New Zealand in weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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