The International Olympic Committee looks set to ban males who identify as trans from all female sports after a review of the scientific evidence. World Athletics announced a similar ban way back in March 2023, but athletics is only one of the constellation of sports that make up the summer and winter Olympics.

To say we should not presume male advantage in a sport unless we have specific data for that sport is like arguing that just because most of the apples in a tree have fallen to the ground, we shouldn’t presume the remaining apples are also subject to gravity

The news follows a presentation last week by Dr Jane Thornton, the IOC’s medical chief, which described the many physical advantages retained by males undergoing testosterone suppression. These physical advantages are not subt

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