Transgender athlete challenges gender testing policies ahead of Olympics

Ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the WTA has implemented a mandatory gene testing policy for all tennis players. This decision aims to ensure fair competition based on biological sex and has drawn responses from prominent players like Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff. Transgender athlete Kristi Miller has criticized the policy, labeling it as unethical and unscientific, arguing it fails to prove a performance advantage linked to the SRY gene. Miller asserts the return to such testing disregards past condemnation from medical and human rights experts. The debate continues over the implications of the policy for transgender participation in sports.

• 1:15 PMYahoo Sports — ‘Unethical, unscientific and discriminatory’: Transgender Olympic athlete uses science to end notion that gender testing is ‘fair’