US Gender Testing for 2026 Winter Olympics
1st November 2025
The US. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has begun the task of identifying female skiers and snowboarders who need to take gender tests before they can competes at the Milan-Cortina Winter…
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The US. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has begun the task of identifying female skiers and snowboarders who need to take gender tests before they can competes at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
The sport’s international federation adopted a rule last month that required athletes who want to compete in women’s events to take a test that identifies the Y chromosome found in males.
It’s the same test that track and boxing federations adopted earlier in the year.
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation, FIS, has approved gender tests.
“This policy is the cornerstone of our commitment to protect women’s sport,” said the International Ski and Snowboard Federation President, Johan Eliasch
“We are convinced that there is only one fair and transparent way to do that: by relying on science and biological facts.”
The new president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, has signaled the IOC wants to take a stronger position on the subject.
The IOC has formed a working group to look into the topic.
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