Athletics-Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events


FILE PHOTO: Transgender athlete Ricki Coughlan speaks at Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Stefica Bikes

SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics' exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.

Athletics' global governing body on Thursday voted to ban transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's events, citing a "need to protect the female category".

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