US Transgender Women Barred from Olympics
23rd July 2025
Last modified on July 30th, 2025
The US Olympic & Paralympic Committee has ruled that transgender women will no longer be eligible to compete for the United States in the Olympic or Paralympic Games in women’s categories.
The committee cited President Donald Trump’s February executive order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,”.
It mandates immediate enforcement, including against schools and athletic associations that “deny women single-sex sports and single-sex locker rooms,” according to the document, and directs state attorneys general to identify best practices for enforcing the mandate.
In a memo to the Team USA community on Tuesday, obtained by ABC News, USOPC President Gene Sykes and CEO Sarah Hirshland referenced Trump’s executive order and said, “As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations.”
There has been some initial reaction from PlanetSKI readers on the PlanetSKI Facebook page:
James Berry – This is a victory for WOMEN
Andy Peek – In line with other governing sports bodies
Annie Gardner – Good. Right decision!
Michael Biggs – Good
The revised USOPC policy also doesn’t outline how the ban will work, and if the same ruling applies to men’s sports.
ABC News has contacted the USOPC for clarification and has not heard back.
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