White House responds after US Olympic team indicates it's looking into genetic tests to protect women's sports

US Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland and Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Finnoff answered questions on the protection of women's sports at thr USOPC Media Summit.

NEW YORK – EXCLUSIVE: United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) leadership indicated it's looking into the use of genetic sex testing amid its new commitment to protecting women's sports from biological male trans athletes, and earned the praise of President Donald Trump's White House. 

The White House provided a statement to Fox News Digital in response to comments made by USOPC officials at a Tuesday press conference, praising Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order and announcing the organization is looking into genetic sex test options for U.S. teams. 

"Keeping men out of women’s sports is critical to ensuring the safety of female athletes and preserving the integrity of these elite events. As President Trump has said time and time again, this is an issue supported by 97 percent of the American public, and adopting this measure at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles will ensure fairness for all of the world’s best athletes," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital. 

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USOPC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff said that the SRY gene tests being used by World Athletics and World Boxing are "not common" in the U.S., but suggested the USOPC is currently exploring options to employ sex testing options for its own teams. 

"It's not necessarily very common to get this specific test in the United States, so our goal in that was helping to identify labs and options for the athletes to be able to get that testing. And based on that experience,