Cycling-UCI Bars Transgenders From Competing in Female Category
Transgender athletes will be barred from competing in international women’s events, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced on Friday.
UCI updated its policy which will now bar any trans cyclist from competing in women’s events if they “transitioned after (male) puberty.”
“The meeting of the UCI Management Committee was held following a seminar on the conditions for the participation of transgender athletes in women’s cycling events, organized by the UCI on 21 June, at which the various stakeholders—transgender and cisgender athletes, experts from the scientific, legal and human rights fields, and sporting institutions— were able to present their respective positions,” the statement (pdf) read….