World Athletics

World Athletics decides to mandate sex testing for women athletes

On 25 March 2025, World Athletics announced that it will introduce new restrictive “pre-clearance requirements” following approval at the most recent World Athletics Council meeting, to mandate DNA testing for all athletes who wish to participate in the women’s competition. The new requirements would ask athletes to take a cheek swab test to look for…
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Categories: Sport

Tags: Sports, Statement, World Athletics
World Athletics is paving the way towards complete exclusion of trans and intersex women from sports

On 10 February 2025, World Athletics announced a new stakeholder consultation as part of the revision of its eligibility criteria for the Female Category at the elite level, alongside revisions to the existing DSD (Differences of Sex Development) and Transgender Regulations. Led by World Athletics’ Working Group on Gender Diverse Athletes, the revision claims to…
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Categories: Library, Sport, Statements

Tags: athletes, exclusion, Intersex, joint statement, Sports, TGEU, Trans, Women, World Athletics

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