The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is moving toward a complete ban on transgender women in female events following a review of the evidence on the long-term physical advantages of being born male. Coventry was elected as IOC president in March (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)According to a report in The Times on Monday, IOC director of health, medicine and science Dr Jane Thornton updated colleagues on the group’s work last week. The row about their eligibility brought the fierce debate about transgender women competing in female sports event to an even wider audience than it already had. In recent years, a number of sports federations, including World Aquatics and World Athletics, have banned transgender women from female competition. While, in February, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender women from all grassroots, school and university sport in America.
