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The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, addressed the issue of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports at their first official press conference since he took over Thursday, and said there is an “overwhelming support” by COI members to protect the female category.
“We understand that there will be differences depending on sport … but members of the members have to protect the female category, first of all to guarantee equity,” Coventry said.
“But we need to do that with a scientific approach and the inclusion of international federations that have already worked a lot in this area.”
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Kirsty Coventry laughs during a press conference after she was elected as the new president of the IOC at the 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Costa Navarino, Western of Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanssis Stavrakis)
The new president added that there is “unanimous” support to reach an agreement on how to amend the policy, and suggested that the IOC can be inspired by the world athletics politics, which restricts the biological men to compete in women’s sports if those men have passed through male puberty.
“It was very clear about the membership that the discussion about this must be done with medical and scientific research in the background, so we are looking at the facts and nuances and the inclusion of international federations that have done much of this work … having a seat at the table and sharing with us because each sport is different,” he said.
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Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new president of the IOC at the 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Costa Navarino, Western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanssis Stavrakis)
“But it felt unanimously that the IOC should assume a main role in unite everyone to try to find a broad consensus.”
However, Coventry also said that any change would probably not result to retroactively change the results of past competitions that presented athletes with gender eligibility questions. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games presented two gold winning boxers in women’s competition, despite previously failed gender eligibility tests for international competitions.
“We are not going to do anything retrospectively. We will be looking forward. Of the members [it] Was it “What are we learning from the past and how are we going to take advantage of that and move towards the future?” Coventry said.
Last year, the United Nations The liberated study findings that say that almost 900 biological females have not reached the podium because transgender athletes have defeated them.
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, speaks during the presidential delivery ceremony of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Olympic House on June 23, 2025 in Lausana, Switzerland. Kirsty Coventry will succeed the ninth president of the IOC, Thomas Bach. Coventry was elected in March 2025 and is the first president in the history of the IOC. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
The study, entitled “Violence against women and girls in sports,” said more than 600 athletes did not measure more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, with a total of more than 890 medals, according to the information obtained until March 30.
“The replacement of the women’s sports category with a mixed sex category has resulted in a growing number of athletes that lose opportunities, including medals, when they compete against men,” the report said.
