The International Olympic Committee is reportedly set to ban transgender women from competing in all female categories.

The change is set to be officially announced early next year, The Times reported on Monday, citing sources.

The decision to overhaul the current policy was made after the sporting committee carried out a science-based review of a biologically-born male’s physical advantages, the sources added.

Transgender women are set to be banned from competing in all female categories beginning next year. Getty Images

The findings were presented by the IOC’s medical and scientific director, Dr Jane Thornton, in a closed-door meeting last week.

“It was a very scientific, factual and unemotional presentation which quite clearly laid out the evidence,” a source told the outlet.

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