Donald Trump and Olympics on collision course over transgender ban vow
by Ben Rumsby, Telegraph:
A key plank of Trump’s successful re-election campaign was promise to ‘keep men out of women’s sports’
Donald Trump is on a collision course with the International Olympic Committee over its gender eligibility criteria after regaining the US presidency.
Trump repeatedly vowed to ban transgender women from women’s sport if elected to serve a second four-year term, which would end shortly after the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
He also voiced his opposition to the IOC’s decision to allow Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to compete at Paris 2024 despite her being disqualified from her sport’s World Championships for failing a gender eligibility test.
The Republican nominee posted in response to Khelif winning her opening bout this summer: “I will keep men out of women’s sports!”
Trump made that promise a key plank of his election campaign, although it remains to be seen how any such move at a federal level might impact on LA 2028, which is being held in the Democrat stronghold of California.
The IOC has been approached for comment about Games rules that host cities are ordinarily required to abide by.
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