Caster Semenya Slams IOC's Trans Ban: 'You Can't Control Genetics'

0:00Two-time Olympic gold medalist, Caster Seminia, is calling out international Olympic Committee president, Kirstie Coventry, over a new ban on transgender. Women and athletes with differences in sex development competing in women's events. Seminia, a South African star with naturally high testosterone due to her DSD condition, got banned from major races back in 2019 after. Refusing hormone treatment, she's won 800-meter gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016. The policy dropped on March 26 and kicks in for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. If bars transwomen who've gone through male puberty from elite women's categories, plus females like Seminia with DSD traits. Since the Paris 2024 Olympics, track, swimming, and cycling have already made similar moves. Seminia aired her frustration at a Cape Town press conference on March 29, right after a women's race. As a fellow African woman, she questioned why Coventry doesn't get the struggles of global South athletes, saying you can't control genetics.

1:03She accused the IOC of just taking consultation boxes without real listening. Only one openly trans woman, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard, has hit the Olympics before in Tokyo 2021 weightlifting, but she bowed out. Early, Seminia feels her voice and others like hers get ignored in these fairness pushes. The IOC insists this set of guards fairness, safety, and integrity for women competitors, but debates like this keep heating up as sports bodies. Titan eligibility rules worldwide. This has been Durham News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.