Can transgenders also participate in the Olympic Games? Here is the answer

The Olympics 2024 is being organized in the city of Paris, France. Do you know how transgender players can participate in the Olympics and what are the rules for them.

By: ABP Live | Edited By: Girijansh Gopalan

More than 10,500 players from all over the world have participated in the Paris Olympic Games 2024. At the same time, Indian shooter Manu Bhaker created history by winning a bronze medal in the 10 meter air pistol event at the Olympics. Do you know how many transgender players have participated in the Paris Olympics 2024 this time and what are the rules for them in the game. Today we will tell you what are the rules for the players in the Paris Olympics 2024.

Transgender players

This time the Olympic Games have been organized in Paris, the capital of France. Players from different countries around the world have participated in the Olympics this time. But do you know whether transgender players can participate in the Olympics or not? Today we will tell you what are the rules for transgender players in the Olympics.

Let us tell you that transgender players participate in the Olympic Games. But according to the information, they cannot participate in all the games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) changed the rules regarding the participation of transgender athletes in the Olympic Games in January last year. According to the information, the participation of transgender athletes is prohibited in at least ten Olympic sports. These include athletics, cycling, swimming, rugby, rowing and boxing.

Which transgender won the title

Now the number of transgender players is gradually increasing in the Olympic Games. Let us tell you that in the 2022 Olympics, American swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender woman to win the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) title.

Do transgender players have to undergo doping tests

Now the question is whether transgender players participating in the Olympics also have to undergo doping tests. The answer is yes, let us tell you that all types of players including men, women and transgenders participating in the Olympics have to undergo doping tests. Because dope test is done to detect the use of performance enhancing drugs in any sport. Not only this, dope test of any player can be taken at any time. This can be done by NADA or WADA or both. For this, urine samples of players of every category are taken.

Who does the test?

Let us tell you that dope test is done by NADA i.e. National Anti Doping Agency or WADA World Anti Doping Agency. In this, the urine of the players is tested in a special lab of WADA or NADA. NADA’s lab is in Delhi and WADA’s labs are at many places in the world.

Courtesy: Hindi News