Paris, July 14 (AFP\/APP): Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will be prohibited from women’s events in all categories of cycling, the sport’s governing body said on Friday.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI)’s president David Lappartient said the federation “has a duty to guarantee, above all, equal opportunities for all competitors in cycling competitions”.
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The new rules, which come into force on July 17, follow similar rulings by other Olympic sports such as athletics.
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“The UCI would like to reaffirm that cycling – as a competitive sport, leisure activity or means of transport – is open to everyone,” Lappartient said in a statement.
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But the current state of scientific knowledge does not guarantee such equality of opportunity between transgender female athletes and cisgender female participants, he added.
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“As a precautionary measure, (it is not possible to) authorise the former to race in the female categories,” Lappartient added.
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The UCI said it was open to changing these rulings in the future as scientific knowledge evolves.
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To this end the UCI will begin discussions with other members of the international sporting movement on the co-financing of a research programme aimed at studying changes in the physical performance of highly-trained athletes undergoing transitional hormone treatment.
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Last year top British women’s cyclists threatened to boycott events after 22-year-old Emily Bridges, who was dropped by the British academy programme as a male rider, attempted to join the women’s omium team.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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