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".
