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.