World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has said the state of women’s sports is “very fragile” and sports federations need to get it right when writing rules for transgender female athletes.
Coe’s comments come after University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history by winning the women’s 500-metre freestyle in Atlanta last week.
Coe said he understands the sensitive nature of the issue and said he wants to focus on the science.
“It’s really difficult to keep the emotion out of this and subjectivity, so we do have to really stick as closely as we can to the science — and that’s what we’ve always tried to do when it’s been uncomfortable,” he said.
Source: Future of women’s sports ‘fragile’ due to transgender rules: Coe