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International Olympic Committee Bans Male
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/26/2026 12:50:12 PM

The International Olympic Committee is barring male athletes from competing against women at the Olympics, beginning with the 2028 summer games set to take place in Los Angeles. IOC president Kirsty Coventry, a decorated former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, announced the ban Thursday after promising to protect the integrity of women’s sports leading up to her election. “The policy that we have announced is based on science and it has been led by medical experts with the best interest of athletes at its heart. The scientific evidence is very clear: male chromosomes give performance advantages in sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance,” Coventry said in a video.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 3/26/2026 1:17:43 PM (No. 2085188)
Seems to me these were the rules until a few years ago. When was it permitted in the first place?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: PlayItAgain 3/26/2026 1:28:25 PM (No. 2085192)
They should ban all the people that said otherwise - all the people that ever said that men could compete in women's sports.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chagrined 3/26/2026 1:29:55 PM (No. 2085193)
Saw another article about this on yahoo. Naturally, they turned off comments for the article. They wouldn't want too many lemmings seeing how opposed everyone is for men in women's sports.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 3/26/2026 2:40:56 PM (No. 2085217)
What an amazing idea. Only females in women's sports. Twenty years ago this would have never been even a topic for discussion. But, thank goodness that sanity has prevailed.
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The International Olympic Committee is barring male athletes from competing against women at the Olympics, beginning with the 2028 summer games set to take place in Los Angeles. IOC president Kirsty Coventry, a decorated former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, announced the ban Thursday after promising to protect the integrity of women’s sports leading up to her election. “The policy that we have announced is based on science and it has been led by medical experts with the best interest of athletes at its heart. The scientific evidence is very clear: male chromosomes give performance advantages in sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance,” Coventry said in a video.
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