{"id":2400758,"date":"2025-02-09T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-may-completely-ban-trans-competitors-likely-new-presidents-top-priority\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:45:17","slug":"olympics-may-completely-ban-trans-competitors-likely-new-presidents-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-may-completely-ban-trans-competitors-likely-new-presidents-top-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics May Completely Ban Trans Competitors &#8211; Likely New President&#8217;s Top Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympics-may-completely-ban-trans-competitors-likely-new-presidents-top-priority%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2400758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Kirsty Coventry,a candidate for the presidency of the International\u200c Olympic Committee (IOC) and a former Olympic \u200bswimmer,who has expressed her \u2063support for a complete ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tenn-gov-lee-transgender-athletes-would-destroy-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Tenn. Gov. Lee: ... would \u2018destroy women\u2019s ...\u2019\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of ... After Biden Executive Order\">transgender athletes<\/a> competing<\/a> in women&#8217;s events. Coventry emphasizes the importance of protecting women&#8217;s sports, citing scientific research that indicates transgender women may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-womens-soccer-teams-refuse-to-play-against-transgender-player\/\" title=\"U.K. Women\u2019s Soccer Teams Refuse To Play Against Transgender Player\">possess physical advantages<\/a> over cisgender women. She\u200b argues that this situation could jeopardize fair opportunities for female athletes. Coventry&#8217;s stance emerges from her experience in overseeing the Paris Olympics,\u200c where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">controversies surrounding athlete eligibility arose<\/a>. As she campaigns for IOC leadership, her position\u200c on this contentious issue reflects a\u2063 growing discourse in the U.S. around the participation\u2063 of transgender athletes in competitive sports. The article \u2062suggests that the upcoming 2028 Summer \u200cOlympics\u200d in Los Angeles could influence\u2064 perceptions and policies regarding transgender competition in sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the candidates to lead the International Olympic Committee backs a blanket prohibition for so-called transgender athletes participating in events against members of the opposite sex, which is brutal news for any of them seeking to follow such a course in their quest to clinch the gold.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty Coventry, a decorated former Olympian from Zimbabwe and a member of the IOC executive board since 2018, is currently running to be the next president of the entity.<\/p>\n<p>She favors a blanket ban on transgenderism at the Olympics, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/olympics\/2025\/01\/27\/transgender-athletes-face-blanket-ban-at-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> last month from U.K.&rsquo;s The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Protecting the female category and female sports is paramount &mdash; it&rsquo;s a priority that we collectively come together,&rdquo; Coventry said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is more and more scientific research. We are not having a conversation about how it is detrimental to men&rsquo;s sport. That, in itself, says we need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-are-men-still-allowed-to-batter-women-in-their-own-sports\/\" title=\"Why Are Men Still Allowed To Batter Women In Their Own ...?\">protect women&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s sport,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Coventry, who has won seven Olympic medals in swimming, including two gold medals, also claimed, &ldquo;It is very clear that transgender women are more able in the female category, and can take away opportunities that should be equal for women.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Coventry has witnessed firsthand the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-olympics-hopes-crushed-court-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disaster<\/a> that can emerge from allowing men to compete against women, particularly in sports with more physical contact.<\/p>\n<p>She helped to preside over the Paris Olympics, where boxing athletes Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif won gold, even though they had previously been deemed ineligible for boxing against women by the International Boxing Association.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry said that &ldquo;lessons are always going to be learnt &mdash; Paris is definitely one of those times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t believe that this is something in hindsight that we could have predicted because these boxers had bouts against each other and there hadn&rsquo;t been previous issues,&rdquo; she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you have such a sensitive issue being put on the global stage you have to make sure that the athletes are being protected &mdash; that their rights are being heard &mdash; and that they are being protected on both sides,&rdquo; Coventry added.<\/p>\n<p>Though she may not be a conservative stalwart on this issue, at least she is willing to have a ban.<\/p>\n<p>And the next location of the summer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-athlete-qualifies-u-s-olympic-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympics<\/a> may not hurt her chances.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles will welcome athletes for the summer games in 2028, and President Donald Trump, who broadly opposes men in women&rsquo;s sports, will still be the commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the Olympics decides to go the way of common sense and basic biology, there is clearly some movement toward rationality on these matters here in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of ground to be won back, but most Americans are at least holding the line against transgender insanity, especially in its more absurd expressions, like sending men into boxing rings to beat up on women.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympics-pres-screen-men-science-tell-men-women-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympics<\/a> comes to its senses, as well.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Kirsty Coventry, a celebrated former Olympian from Zimbabwe and IOC executive board member since 2018, is advocating for this ban. She emphasizes the importance of protecting women&#8217;s sports and believes that scientific research supports her stance. Coventry argues that transgender women have advantages in female categories, potentially undermining equal opportunities for women in sports. Having witnessed issues firsthand during events like the Paris Olympics, she stresses the need to safeguard athletes&#8217; rights on both sides of this sensitive issue. While not strictly conservative on all matters, she is open to implementing a ban as discussions around these topics evolve in the U.S., especially with upcoming events like the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics under President Trump&#8217;s administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2400759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Laurel-Hubbard.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4825,39279,33412],"class_list":["post-2400758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-olympics","tag-sports-policy","tag-transgender-athletes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Laurel-Hubbard.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400758\/revisions\/2400762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}