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☆ Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses challenge barring her from elite women’s swimming races
  + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Lauren Merola | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas lost her challenge against the Court of Arbitration of Sport in Switzerland — the world’s top court in matters of sporting fairness — to overturn the rules of World Aquatics that prevent transgender women from competing in women’s divisions. The ruling excludes transgender women who underwent male puberty, like Thomas, from participating in women’s races. By 2021, Thomas met the NCAA hormone therapy requirements to swim on Penn’s women’s team and did so for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. Thomas called the CAS decision “deeply disappointing” in a statement from her legal team, according to Athlete Ally. Last year, the governing bodies for track and field as well as cycling ruled that transgender women could not compete in women’s events.
Persons: Lia Thomas, Thomas, Thomas ’, Ally, ”, Austin Killips, Mike Comer Organizations: Aquatics, University of Pennsylvania, NCAA, Cycling Union Locations: Switzerland, Berlin, Toronto
☆ UCI to reopen talks on transgender policy after Killips' win in New Mexico
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
May 4 (Reuters) - The governing body of cycling (UCI) has agreed to "re-open consultation" around transgender women competing in elite female events. The decision was prompted by American Austin Killips becoming the first transgender rider to win a UCI women's stage race. "The UCI's objective remains the same: to take into consideration... the desire of transgender athletes to practice cycling. "The UCI also hears the voices of female athletes and their concerns about an equal playing field for competitors, and will take into account all elements, including the evolution of scientific knowledge." The UCI toughened its rules for transgender women to compete in its events last year, halving the maximum permitted plasma testosterone level to 2.5 nanomoles per litre and doubling the transition period to 24 months.
☆ Austin Killips: Cycling governing body defends transgender policy after first openly trans woman wins Tour of the Gila
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Cycling’s governing body – the UCI – has defended its transgender policy after Austin Killips won overall victory in the recent Tour of the Gila in New Mexico. Killips is the first openly transgender woman to win an official UCI women’s stage race, according to the Tour of the Gila website. Killips also won the Queen of the Mountains polka dot jersey, which is awarded to the best climber. “The UCI acknowledges that transgender athletes may wish to compete in accordance with their gender identity,” the governing body said in a statement sent to CNN on Wednesday. Among the critics of Killips’ victory on Sunday was former Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson, who said on Twitter that the UCI is “effectively killing off women’s cycling” with its policy on transgender athletes competing in women’s categories.
☆ UCI defends transgender policy after Killips victory
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
May 2 (Reuters) - Cycling's governing body the UCI has defended its policy on transgender athletes competing in female events after American Austin Killips fuelled the debate by winning the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico on Sunday. The 27-year-old Killips won the fifth and final stage of the race to become the first transgender cyclist to triumph in an official UCI stage race. In a statement on Tuesday the UCI said: "The UCI acknowledges that transgender athletes may wish to compete in accordance with their gender identity. "The UCI rules are based on the latest scientific knowledge and have been applied in a consistent manner. British Cycling changed its rules last year to ban transgender women from elite races, pending a full review.
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