On the 16th, the IOC = International Olympic Committee announced new guidelines for international athletes to qualify for the Games, such as transgender athletes whose mind and body do not match.
At the IOC, more than 250 athletes and more than 250 athletes will be eligible to participate in international competitions for transgender athletes whose mind and body do not match, and female athletes with high levels of the male hormone "testosterone". We have had many discussions with experts on human rights issues.
The IOC has summarized the results and announced on the 16th a newly formulated guideline that will help international sports organizations qualify for international competitions.
The guidelines
summarize the basic ideas for each of the 10 items,
such as
▽
no discrimination
▽ fairness
▽ evidence-based approach
. It must be made fairly so that it is not structurally excluded from the competition due to the diversity of physical sexuality. "
At this year's Tokyo Games, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard was the first weightlifting girl to participate in the Olympics as a transgender athlete who underwent sex reassignment surgery.
On the other hand, South African caster Semenya, who won the gold medal at the 800-meter track and field women's at the London and Rio de Janeiro Games, has a congenital high "teststerone" value, which is 400 meters unless it is lowered to a certain level by taking medicine. I was not able to participate in the Tokyo Games due to the regulations of the World Athletics Federation that I cannot participate in the international competition in the event of 1 mile from.