The governing body for track and field said that the exclusion would apply to transgender women, banning some from competing in female track and field events.
“It was the right decision then, it’s the right decision now,” Coe told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies at the world indoor championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
In recent years, there has been a growing list of governing bodies which have restricted transgender women from competing in women’s divisions.
World Athletics hasn’t clearly defined its definition of what constitutes having “been through male puberty,” which is a multi-year process beginning as early as age nine.
Coe attends the ongoing World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Persons:
Sebastian Coe, ”, ” Coe, Amanda Davies, Coe, ” Hudson Taylor, Ally, Stonewall, Tanner, “ There’s, Martin Rickett, I’m, “
Organizations:
CNN, Athletics, World Athletics, Global Athletics Coaches Academy, International Olympic Committee, ” CNN, British, of Sports Medicine
Locations:
Glasgow, Scotland, Stonewall, United Kingdom