Just two transgender athletes will compete at the Paris Olympics after rules were tightened since Tokyo 2020, MailOnline can reveal today.
The clampdown came because of the ongoing row over whether some trans women have an unfair advantage over biological women because of strength and testosterone many banked up in puberty.
American runner Nikki Hiltz, 29, and Canadian footballer Quinn, 28, both of whom identify as transgender and non-binary, are in France for the world’s greatest festival of sport.
But swimmer Lia Thomas is out of Olympics after losing a legal battle last month and New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, the the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the last Olympic Games, is also absent.