Cycling physique to assessment transgender guidelines after U.S. race

AIGLE, Switzerland — The International Cycling Union will assessment its guidelines regulating transgender athletes and expects to make a contemporary choice in August, the governing physique of the game mentioned Thursday.

The UCI mentioned it might “analyze the current situation” with out referring to the ladies’s race within the United States final weekend gained by Austin Killips.

The 27-year-old Killips, who’s a transgender girl, gained the Tour of the Gila stage race in New Mexico. Her victory provoked a unfavourable response by some biking followers and former racers.

Governing our bodies in monitor and discipline and swimming have barred athletes who underwent male puberty from competing in worldwide girls’s occasions.

The UCI mentioned after a administration committee assembly it’s “reopening consultation with the athletes and national federations.”

Cycling’s guidelines had been modified final 12 months to require transgender athletes to have serum testosterone ranges of two.5 nanomoles per liter or much less for no less than 24 months earlier than competing in girls’s occasions. The earlier rule stipulated under 5 nanomoles for under 12 months.

“The UCI’s objective remains the same: to take into consideration, in the context of the evolution of our society, the desire of transgender athletes to practice cycling,” the Switzerland-based group mentioned. “The UCI also hears the voices of female athletes and their concerns about an equal playing field for competitors, and will take into account all elements, including the evolution of scientific knowledge.”