Exclusive: Read the Olympics' new transgender guidelines that will not mandate s

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Exclusive: Read the Olympics' new transgender guidelines that will not mandate surgery

http://www.outsports.com/2016/1/21/10812404/transgender-ioc-policy-new-olympics

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By Cyd Zeigler on Jan 21, 2016, 10:27p

The International Olympic Committee has received a new recommendation for guidelines it is expected to fully adopt, opening the door for more trans athletes to compete internationally.

Outsports has obtained a copy of the transgender guidelines the International Olympic Committee is expected to adopt before the Summer Olympics later this year. The guidelines stem from an unpublicized "Consensus Meeting on Sex Reassignment and Hyperandrogenism" the IOC held last November. The guidelines have not yet been distributed by the IOC, but Outsports received the new policy via a trusted source.

The guidelines leave no restriction for a trans man, like triathlete Chris Mosier, to compete against men. Mosier's participation in the World Duathlon Championships, for which he has qualified, has been in doubt.
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Making headway in the Sports World. Hormone levels do seem like a way to ensure more fairness.

[Deborah]

I wonder if a study has ever been done to determine the timeline for how long it takes for hormones to totally shift muscle and cardiovascular ability totally in other direction?  In my experiment of one cardiovascular ability shifts pretty quickly but muscle changes are much slower.


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