In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at barring trans women from competing on women’s sports teams in federally funded education programs, and directing agencies to withhold funding from institutions that do not comply.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry has denied the decision is political, saying during an online press conference, “this was a priority for me way before President Trump came into his second term.”
“At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat,” said Coventry, herself a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming. “So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category.”
Coventry’s comments have done little to assuage transgender athletes like Mosier, however.
“It is clearly related to political pressure, and I believe it’s related to trying to get on this Administration’s good side in advance of LA 2028,” he says, in reference to the 2028 Summer Olympics set to be held in Los Angeles.
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