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The International Olympic Committee shot down a report Monday that the group was set to ban athletes born male from competing in women’s Olympic events, but said only that “no decisions have been taken yet.”

A report in The Times of London stated that the ban on transgender women in female competition would be implemented early in 2026 “after a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born male.”

The IOC confirmed that its medical and scientific director Dr. Jane Thornton updated IOC members last week at a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the initial findings of a working group studying the issue. However, an IOC spokesperson said in a sta

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