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World Athletics’ trans policy isn’t scientific

29 January 2023

9:00 PM

29 January 2023

9:00 PM

This week it was revealed in the Telegraph that World Athletics is engaged in a confidential consultation with national governing bodies over the question of whether transwomen should be allowed to compete in the female category.

World Athletics’ current rules allow males to compete in the female category if their legal sex is female and they have held their serum testosterone levels below 5 nMol/l for 12 months.

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