Former women's tennis star Martina Navratilova She expressed her desire to see former British Olympic champion Sebastian Ko, who became the next president of the IOC Olympics.
The main issue that pays the support of Navratilova is the ban of the athletes crossing the women's competition – issue The former tennis star was a prominent defender.
“IOC's transformation may change the DSD rules (sexual development differences) – here in the hope that Seb Coe will be the next president!” Navratilova wrote in a post on X while sharing an article that places COE positions.
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Martina Navratilova is receiving former Czech tennis player, the golden racket during the Italian tennis team in Furu Malico. Rome (Italy), May 21, 2023. (Massimo Fassare/Massimo Fassare/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
COE He published his statement to see him as Chairman of the International Olympic Games (IOC), where he carried out campaigns for this position in 2025, and stressed the importance of Mathematics Protection.
Unlike the current president, Thomas Bach, COE strongly opposes the transient integration in the category Heaven News.
“We will have a very clear policy that will be unambiguous,” said Ko. “We were very clear in world athletics that transgender athletes will not compete in the elite class.”
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Lord Sebastian Co speaks during a memorial ceremony for Kevan Josper Ao in the Olympic Chamber of Melbourne Cricket, on September 17, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Gosper Olympic, former AOC president and deputy head of the International Olympic Committee, who passed away on July 19, 2024 after a short illness. (Daniel Bukit/Getty Emb
COE refused to mention whether he would call for compulsory civilian sexual tests.
COE is the current head of global athletics – the ruling body for the international track and field competition. In 2023, the governing body tightened its regulations to the athletes crossing the exclusion of sexually transformed women who went through male adulthood from competition in the female category. This list also reduced the maximum level of testosterone for qualified competitors.
Ko said that if its president in the International Olympic Committee becomes, the new Olympic policy on the inclusion of the transit “perhaps” reflects the policy he established in the world for athletics.
While criticizing the current international Olympic Committee's policies on the issue, COE referred to an accident in the recent Paris Olympics. The last summer games overwhelmed the controversy when IMane Khelif from Algeria and Lin UTing from Taiwan won gold medals in women's boxing.
Both athletes have already been excluded from international competitions due to private sexual tests. However, the International Olympic Committee and current President Thomas Bach supported the inclusion of both athletes, and insisted that they are qualified to compete as women under the current rules.
Ko said previously that the situation that participated in the successor of Lenin made him feel “uncomfortable”, in an interview with BBC. No athlete has been confirmed that he is a transgender.
The Algerian IMANE KHELIF (red) Angela Karenie in Italy is punctured by 66 kg of 16 kg of ladies in the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 in northern Paris Square, in Philipinte on August 1, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)
the United Nations The results of the study, which was issued, said that nearly 900 biological females have decreased from the platform because they were beaten by transgender athletes.
The study, entitled “Violence against women and girls in sportsHe said, “More than 600 athletes were unable to medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sport, totaling more than 890 medals, according to information obtained until March 30.
The report said: “Replacing the female sport category with a mixed sex category has increased the number of sports that lose opportunities, including medals, when competing against males.”
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