{"id":2465425,"date":"2025-07-22T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-olympics-bans-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports-in-compliance-with-trump-order-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:11:28","slug":"us-olympics-bans-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports-in-compliance-with-trump-order-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-olympics-bans-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports-in-compliance-with-trump-order-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"US Olympics bans transgender athletes in women\u2019s sports in compliance with Trump order &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fus-olympics-bans-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports-in-compliance-with-trump-order-washington-examiner%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=2465425&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 United States olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has updated it&#8217;s policies to ban transgender athletes from competing in women&#8217;s sports, aligning with President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order aimed at keeping men out of women&#8217;s athletics. The policy update, part of the USOPC&#8217;s &#8220;Athlete Safety Policy,&#8221; does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-launches-ai-chat-bot-that-gives-disturbing-answers-on-lgbt-bible-questions\/\" title=\"Church Launches AI Chat Bot That Gives Disturbing Answers on LGBT, Bible Questions\">explicitly mention transgender individuals<\/a> but indicates that transgender women will no longer be allowed to participate in female divisions. This change follows &#8220;respectful and constructive conversations&#8221; between the committee and federal officials and complies with federal directives.<\/p>\n<p>The USOPC emphasized its commitment to ensuring fair and safe competition for women, following Executive Order 14201 and relevant sports legislation. It remains unclear how these new policies will affect athletes in upcoming events, such as the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The update is part of a broader trend, with institutions like the University of Pennsylvania recently banning transgender athletes from women&#8217;s sports and restoring records previously held by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US Olympics bans transgender athletes in women&rsquo;s sports in compliance with Trump order<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2179701\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Olympic<\/a> and Paralympic Committee indicated it will comply with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s executive orders concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3460311\/upenn-ban-transgender-athletes-erase-lia-thomas-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transgender athletes<\/a> with an update of its policies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued a &ldquo;Keeping Men Out of Women&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sports<\/a>&rdquo; executive order in February that condemned transgender athletes and pledged to rescind funds to institutions &ldquo;that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3479063\/obama-responds-trump-treason-claims-russia-2016-election\/\">Obama fires back against Trump&#8217;s &#8216;outrageous&#8217; treason claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3478908\/joe-concha-hunter-biden-mocks-sanctimony\/\">Joe Concha mocks Hunter Biden&rsquo;s &lsquo;sanctimony&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3478708\/trump-indonesia-trade-deal-19-percent-tariff-rate\/\">Trump maintains 19% tariffs on Indonesia in new framework deal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The committee does not mention the word transgender in any part of its updated 27-page &ldquo;Athlete Safety Policy.&rdquo; However, it does suggest transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women&rsquo;s divisions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic &amp; Amateur Sports Act,&rdquo; the document says.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic committee also said in its new policy that it was &ldquo;committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sports.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear if any Olympians will be banned from competing at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles under the new policies. A nonbinary American middle-distance runner, Nikki Hiltz, would likely not be affected as they were assigned female at birth.<\/p>\n<p>The USOPC told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/22\/us\/politics\/us-olympics-trans-women-athletes-ban-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>  that its policies had changed amid conversations with the Trump administration. The committee said it had held &ldquo;a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials&rdquo; since Trump&rsquo;s executive order on transgender athletes was signed. &ldquo;As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations,&rdquo; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The USOPC&rsquo;s former transgender policy said the group relied on &ldquo;real data and science-based evidence rather than ideology.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3460311\/upenn-ban-transgender-athletes-erase-lia-thomas-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">UPENN TO BAN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND ERASE SWIMMER LIA THOMAS&rsquo;S RECORDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >means making science-based decisions<\/a>, sport by sport and discipline by discipline, within both the Olympic and Paralympic movements,&rdquo; the former policy said.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic committee&rsquo;s action adds to a list of institutions that have restricted transgender athletes from competing in women&rsquo;s sports. The University of Pennsylvania announced it would ban&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3234862\/jen-psaki-no-evidence-transgender-athletes-threat-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender athletes<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this month and restore all individual swimming records and titles to female athletes who lost to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-feels-vindicated-since-trumps-executive-order\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines feels &#039;vindicated&#039; since ...s executive order\">transgender swimmer&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lia-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lia Thomas.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2179701\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2179701\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Olympics bars transgender women athletes per Trump order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2465427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/us-olympics-transgender.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[33412,49455,36983,32076,35638],"class_list":["post-2465425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-transgender-athletes","tag-trump-order","tag-us-olympics","tag-washington-examiner","tag-womens-sports"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/us-olympics-transgender.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465425","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=2465425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465430,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465425\/revisions\/2465430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}