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World Athletics to exclude transgender female athletes from women’s competitions
Planet Athletics on Thursday announced its choice to exclude transgender female athletes who have been by way of male puberty from world rankings competitions. The worldwide governing system for track and area and other operating-similar athletic occasions claimed its decision would have no consequences for athletes appropriate now mainly because there are no transgender athletes competing internationally. “Globe Athletics conducted a consultation interval with many stakeholders in the to start with two months of this yr, like Member Federations, the World-wide Athletics Coaches Academy and Athletes’ Fee, the IOC as well as representative transgender and human rights groups,” the group stated. “It became apparent that there was small help inside…