世界陸連、トランス選手の女子競技参加を禁止

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】ワールドアスレティックス（世界陸連）は２３日の意志決定会議で、思春期を男性として過ごしたトランスジェンダー選手について、男性ホルモンのテストステロン値にかかわらず、女子陸上競技への参加を禁ずることを決めた。セバスチャン・コー会長が発表した。（写真はワールドアスレティックス（世界陸連）のセバスチャン・コー会長）
　禁止措置は今月３１日以降の世界ランキング対象大会から有効となる。コー氏は、この問題について国際オリンピック委員会や各国の連盟を含む関係機関と協議した結果、トランスジェンダー選手は女子競技に参加すべきではないとの意見が大半だったと説明。
　一方で、禁止措置は「恒久的なものではない」とし、トランスジェンダー当事者が率いる作業部会を設立し、トランスジェンダー選手が持ちうる身体的優位性に関する科学研究の進展を監視していく意向を示した。
　スポーツ界では、ワールドアクアティクス（世界水連）も思春期を男性として過ごしたトランスジェンダー選手が女子のエリートレースに参加することを禁じており、それに追随する決定となった。
　世界陸連はまた、女子８００メートルで２度の金メダルに輝くキャスター・セメンヤ（南アフリカ）を代表とする「体の性のさまざまな発達状態（性分化疾患、ＤＳＤ）」と分類される選手に関する規定も変更した。
　従来の規定では、ＤＳＤの選手が女子種目に参加するには血中のテストステロン値を１年間にわたって１リットル当たり５ナノモル以下にすることが求められていたが、今後は同２．５ナノモル以下に減らし、数値を維持しなくてはならない期間も２年に伸ばされた。
　また、ＤＳＤの選手に関する規定はこれまで４００メートルから１マイル（約１６００メートル）の種目にのみ適用されていたが、今後は全種目が対象となる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/03/24-17:32）

Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
Coe said no transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty would be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from March 31.
Speaking after a meeting of the global track and field federation's decision-making body, Coe said World Athletics had consulted with stakeholders including 40 national federations, the International Olympic Committee and trans groups about the issue of transgender athletes.
The majority of those consulted stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category, he said.
Many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and want more evidence that any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category.
He added: The judgement we took... was, I believe, in the best interests of our sport.
- Not saying 'no' forever -
He said a working group headed by a transgender person would be created to further monitor scientific developments.
We're not saying 'no' forever, Coe said.
Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations.
We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount.
In a statement, World Athletics said it became apparent that there little support within the sport for an option that was presented to stakeholders, which required transgender athletes to maintain their testosterone levels below 2.5nmol/L (nanomoles per litre of blood) for 24 months to be eligible to compete internationally in the female category.
There are currently no transgender athletes competing internationally in athletics and consequently no athletics-specific evidence of the impact these athletes would have on the fairness of female competition in athletics.
In these circumstances, the Council decided to prioritise fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion.
World Athletics' ruling follows that of FINA, swimming's world governing body, which has stopped transgender swimmers who had gone through male puberty from competing in women's elite races.
World Rugby, in 2020, was the first international sports federation to rule that transgender male-to-females could not compete at the elite and international level of the women's game.
- DSD rules tightened -
World Athletics also amended regulations covering athletes classified as DSD, in other words having differences of sexual development.
The most high-profile DSD athlete is double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya of South Africa.
Under the new regulations, in order to compete in the female category, DSD athletes will have to reduce their amount of blood testosterone to below 2.5 nanomoles per litre, down from the current level of five, and remain below this threshold for two years, rather than just one, as is the case now.
The average level of testosterone in women is between 0.5 and 2.4 nmol/l.
World Athletics also removed the principle of restricted events for DSD athletes, meaning regulations now cover all events rather than the previously monitored ones, which were from 400m to one mile.