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With 100 days left before the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has begun the complex and costly task of identifying female skiers and snowboarders who are required to undergo gender testing before arriving. Italy,
The sport’s international federation adopted a rule last month that requires athletes wishing to compete in women’s events to take an SRY gene test, which identifies the Y chromosome found in males. This is the same test that the track and boxing federations adopted at the beginning of the year.
USOPCJonathan Finnoff, chief medical officer of the WHO, said Tuesday that the experience of getting athletes from those sports tested in a shorter period of time will make the project run more smoothly.
“Our role in this was to help identify laboratories and options for athletes to get tested,” Finoff said. “Based on that experience and knowing that some other international federations would follow suit, figuring out how to make this a seamless process” was the mission of the USOPC.
Each test costs about $250. world athletics Helped cover some expenses. FIS has not disclosed whether this will help with costs.
Although only a few dozen skiers and snowboarders will qualify for the U.S. team, the number of tests required could reach hundreds, as athletes from all disciplines falling within skiing and snowboarding will travel around the world over the next several weeks for FIS-sanctioned events that will play a role in determining who makes the Olympic team.
The FIS rule comes after the USOPC quietly amended its policy covering gender in the sport.
In July, the USOPC effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports, and told their national governing bodies that they have an obligation to follow the executive order issued by the President. donald trump Said to “keep men out of women’s sports”.
Board President Gene Sykes said, “Fortunately, the executive order designed to protect women’s sports in the United States is in line with trends internationally.”
“Most international sports federations are moving in this direction,” Sykes said.
While individual sports are in charge of making their own policies, the new president International Olympic CommitteeKirsty Coventry has indicated that the IOC wants to take a strong position on the subject.
The IOC has set up a working group to consider the topic; Coventry remains consistent with the FIS and World Athletics in their support of the policy.
Asked whether the USOPC should play a larger role in shaping policy, Sykes said, “You have to be careful with that.”
He said, “It is a responsible thing to respect the government’s decision.” “We can’t predict how the IOC will act on this. But we have a responsibility to help our NGBs comply with the executive order. That’s what we’re trying to do.”
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