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IOC decision on “protecting the female category” expected no later than May.

Current policy allows international sports federations to determine transgender athlete eligibility.

New IOC President Kirsty Coventry says it's “not going to be the easiest thing to do.”

An International Olympic Committee decision on how to “protect the female category” in sports competition is coming soon.

That’s according to IOC President Kirsty Coventry, who convened a working group after taking office in June to reconsider the IOC’s current policy allowing international sports federations to determine if transgender athletes can compete.

The IOC’s first woman and first African leader said at an online news conference Wednesday following this week’s Executive Board meetings that she does

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