Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC

• DSD athletes also face exclusion from future Olympics

• IOC says move will protect fairness and safety’

The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women and DSD athletes from the female category of events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and future Games in a landmark decision.

Kirsty Coventry, president of the IOC, said: “It would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category.”