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Transgender athletes face increased restrictions ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games compared to previous editions.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will implement stricter rules for transgender athletes compared to the previous editions of the Olympic Games.
It was recently decided that they must have completed their transition before the age of 12 to avoid unfair advantages and they now face greater obstacles as they gear up to qualify for the global showpiece scheduled for July 26 to 11 August.
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It has been mandated that the transition must be completed before the age limit of 12, as doing so after that age could give an advantage over cisgender female competitors.
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Hubbard and other transgender athletes who had previously participated in the Olympic Games will not be eligible for the Paris 2024 Games. Restrictions have become stricter since the last Olympics, with little to no room for interpretation.
In previous circumstances, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had published guidelines that allowed any transgender athlete to compete as a woman as long as their testosterone levels were below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months before their first competition.
However, the current requirements have been changed to avoid disadvantaging cisgender women. Their move comes after the World Athletics Council banned those who passed puberty before transitioning from high-level female competition.
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This decision was followed in 2022 by FINA (now World Aquatics), the International Swimming Federation, which will only allow trans swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 to compete.
In addition to that, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has also introduced safeguards for women's sports by preventing trans women who have reached puberty before transitioning from participating. However, a new (men/open) category has been introduced for those who do not meet the new gender standards.
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