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LAUSANNE (Switzerland): Transexuals will be able to compete at the Olympics if they have had appropriate surgery and are legally recognised as members of their new sex, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
The rule will cover both male-to-female and female-to-male cases and will be in place before the Athens Games in August. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) medical commission drew up a list of criteria and said transexual athletes could compete, providing: “Surgical anatomical changes have been completed, including external genitalia changes and gonadectomy.
“Legal recognition of their assigned sex has been conferred by the appropriate official authorities. Hormonal therapy appropriate for the assigned sex has been administered in a verifiable manner and for a sufficient length of time to minimise gender-related advantages in sport competition.” Hormone treatment must have ceased at least two years before competition, IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said