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IAAF – Transgender Rule

October 17 , 2019 1855 days 964 0
  • The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council which met in Doha has framed new rules for Transgender Athletes competing in the female category.
  • Female transgender athletes must lower their testosterone levels by half under the new regulations.
  • Their concentration of testosterone should be less than five nanomoles per litre continuously for a period of at least 12 months prior to being declared eligible as “female athlete”.
  • Also, a transgender athlete is no longer required to be recognised by law as a “female”.
  • Just a signed declaration that her gender identity is female will be sufficient.
  • Similar rules apply to athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), or hyperandrogenism.

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