World athletics to demand the genetic test for eligibility for the female category


NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!

The World Athletics Council announced on Wednesday that athletes who want to compete in female categories in the World Championship must undergo a “unique test in life” for eligibility.

The test will be for the SRY gene, “a reliable proxy to determine biological sex” with a cheek swab or a blood test, the organization said in a statement.

“The philosophy that we appreciate in world athletics is the protection and promotion of the integrity of women’s sport. It is really important in a sport that tries to permanently attract more women who enter a sport that believes that there is no biological glass roof. The test to confirm biological sex is a very important step to ensure that this is the case,” said Athletic World President Sebastian Coe.

CLICK HERE for more sports coverage at Foxnews.com

Lord Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, pronounces an opening speech during the young European athletic leaders for forum in Tum Campus on August 18, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Simon Hofmann/Getty images for European athletics)

“We are saying, at the elite level, to compete in the women’s category, you must be biologically feminine. It was always very clear to me and for the World Athletics Council that gender cannot overcome biology.”

The organization announced the potential test in March, when COE said the tests were “necessary” to protect women’s sports.

The specific gene “provides instructions to make a protein called protein and the region that determine sex. This protein is involved in the sexual development of male typical, which generally follows a certain pattern based on the chromosomes of an individual,” according to Medline Plus.

COE, who was in the race to become the head of the International Olympic Committee, said in November The Olympic Games I needed a clear policy to protect female sports.

Olympiapark during the 10,000 -meter male final in the European Championship of Munich 2022 in Olympiapark on August 21, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Matthias Hangst/Getty images)

World Athletics, the governing body for athletics sports worldwide, hardened its regulations In trans athletes Exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty to compete in the women’s category.

Since the organization decided this test months ago, NCAA has faced calls to promulgate similar protocols. The NCAA changed its requirements in transgender athletes competing in women’s sports shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order.

A Kiersten Duncan of LSU’s power in the initial blocks of Sprint female fuel in the 87 Clyde Littlefield Texas relay at the Mike A. Myers stadium. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

Trump signed the executive order of “no men in women’s sports” in February to prevent biological men from playing in girls and women’s sports. The NCAA said that a “student man assigned to birth may not compete in a team of women.”

The previous policy, which had been in force in 2010, allowed biological men to compete in the category of women after undergoing at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *