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New International Olympic Committee policy bans transgender athletes

New International Olympic Committee policy bans transgender athletes

Published by Sam Flores

Only biological women will be allowed to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics following a landmark decision by the International Olympic Committee banning transgender women and those with differences in sexual development.IOC President Kirsty Coventry said the policy was “led by medical experts.”The IOC used gene testing in the 1980s, but it was abolished in the 1990s.The policy change comes after years of controversy over the participation of transgender and DSD athletes in women’s competition.Selina Sykes has more. Keywords for this article Source link

Transgender women banned from competing in Olympic games

Transgender women banned from competing in Olympic games

Published by Sam Flores

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday only “biological females” will be allowed to compete in women’s events, preventing transgender women from competing. The IOC is reintroducing testing for gender to determine eligibility to take part in women’s events from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics onwards. The move will also rule out many athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD). In a major shift of policy, the IOC is abandoning rules it brought in in 2021 which allowed individual federations to decide their own policy and is instead implementing a policy across all Olympic sports. “Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females, determined on the basis of a one-time SRY gene screening,” the IOC said in a statement. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you …

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations

Published by Sam Flores

Home Middle East From Israeli strikes on Lebanon and tributes to Iranian victims of the new war in the Middle East to celebrations of Purim in Israel, Holi in India, and the Paralympic Games’ kickoff in Milan-Cortina, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 08/03/2026 – 12:51 2 min Reading time Plumes of smoke rise after Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, March 2, 2026. © Ibrahim Amro, AFP   Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate Purim in Jerusalem on March 4, 2026. © Ohad Zwigenberg, AP Mourners attend the funeral of victims of the Israeli-American war against Iran in the Iranian city of Qom on March 5, 2026. © Mehdi Alavi, AFP A boy plays with his sheep near an unexploded missile that landed in a field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on March 5, 2026. © Delil Souleiman, AFP A woman is covered in coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad, India on March 4, 2026. © Mahesh Kumar A., AP Migrants attempt to board a …

The 7 Best Team USA Winter Olympics Moments, Ranked

The 7 Best Team USA Winter Olympics Moments, Ranked

Published by Daniella Wilson

The United States was probably always going to have a good Winter Olympics. The country jumped from sixth in the medal count to second between the 1998 Nagano Games and the 2002 Salt Lake Games and has been holding in the top five ever since — thanks to impressive results in relatively newer disciplines like snowboarding and curling and newfound competitiveness in classic realms like bobsledding and speed skating. In Milan Cortina, the United States managed 33 medals, good for second overall and the most ever for the country at a Winter Games outside North America. When you’re out-medaling Germany and the Netherlands at winter sports, you’re doing something right. But it’s not just how many you win — it’s how you win. And the U.S. had some truly wild and miraculous triumphs, from a figure skater who had been retired just two years go to a cross-country skier who raced with a badly damaged rib to a TikToker who waited at the last possible moment to grab his gold. Here in ascending order are THR‘s ranking …

Paralympic governing body lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of 2026 games

Paralympic governing body lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of 2026 games

Published by Sam Flores

Six Russian and four Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete under their own national flags at the 2026 Paralympics in Milan-Cortina, the Games’ governing body confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) told AFP the athletes would be “treated like (those from) any other country”. Valeriy Sushkevych, president of the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee, was furious at the announcement. “I am very, very angry and outraged by the decision to allow six Russian athletes to compete under their national flag,” he told AFP by phone. “This is terrible.” Athletes from Russia and Belarus had been banned from competing under their own flags since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Read moreUkrainian skeleton racer Heraskevych loses appeal against Olympic ban The IPC unexpectedly lifted its suspension on Russian and Belarusian athletes at the organisation’s general assembly in September. The partial suspension – introduced in 2023 to replace the fullbban imposed after Russia’s invasion in 2022 – allowed athletes to compete only as neutrals. Athletes from both nations have been permitted to accumulate ranking points …

Milano-Cortina: Ukrainian athlete disqualified over war tribute helmet

Milano-Cortina: Ukrainian athlete disqualified over war tribute helmet

Published by Sam Flores

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Olympic race for wearing a “helmet of remembrance” honouring athletes killed since Russia’s invasion, breaching IOC rules banning political messages in competition. He can remain at the Games after a last-minute intervention by IOC President Kirsty Coventry, while his team plans to appeal the disqualification. Keywords for this article Source link

Team USA’s ‘Ice House’ renamed ahead of 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy – Press Review

Team USA’s ‘Ice House’ renamed ahead of 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy – Press Review

Published by Sam Flores

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, February 4, 2026: Team USA’s Olympics base camp is making headlines since it had to change its name from Ice House to Winter House. But first, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the country is planning a social media ban for under-16s. Next, Russian athletes could soon be back competing under their national flag. Meanwhile, the 2030 Olympic Games in France are off to a slow start. Finally, scientists study what love might look like in space. The Spanish government plans to ban social media for children under the age of 16. La Vanguardia quotes PM Pedro Sanchez, who says that he wants to protect minors “from a space of addiction, abuse, pornography, manipulation and violence”. El Pais celebrates the policy and says that “it is good to see the global debate on teenagers and social media finally moving towards holding companies accountable for their harmful practices”. El Mundo is slightly more sceptical when it comes to implementing the ban. Meanwhile, the idea seems to be spreading throughout Europe. According to Diario de Noticias, Portugal is also considering a ban. The concept has spread to Greece as well, …