World Athletics to exclude transgender female athletes from women's competitions
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Track organizers ban transgender women from elite competitions
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty, the sport's governing body said Thursday.
Transgender Women No Longer Eligible For Female Athletics Events: Sebastian Coe
Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Thursday. Speaking after a World Athletics Council meeting, Coe sad: "The Council has agreed to exclude male or female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female world ranking competitions from March the 31st this year."
Russia doping suspension lifted but war ban keeps athletes out
LONDON : World Athletics has voted to end its eight-year ban of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) but the country's athletes, and those of Belarus, will remain excluded from international competition because of WA's ongoing separate ban over the invasion of Ukraine, the governing body said on Thursday.
Explainer-What is World Athletics' proposal to tighten transgender rules?
The World Athletics Council is voting on Thursday on a proposal to change its rules on transgender women athletes that would make it harder for them to compete in women's track and field events.
Torun awarded 2026 World Indoor Championships
The Polish city of Torun will host the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, the sport's global governing body said on Wednesday.
World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules, lift Russia doping ban
World Athletics is likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body on Thursday that should also see the doping ban on Russia lifted.
World's best athletes return to Glasgow ten years on from Commonwealth Games
Ten years on from the Commonwealth Games the best athletes on the planet will return to Glasgow for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. The Emirates Arena will host 5,000 fans and up to 700 track and field's of finest, from more than 130 countries, from 1-3 March 2024.