Transgender runner barred from US Olympic trials after failing to meet requirements

Published June 24, 2021 4:05pm ET



A transgender runner was barred from participating in U.S. Olympic trials because the athlete did not meet the World Athletics requirements.

CeCe Telfer was supposed to run in this week’s 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic trials but was not allowed to compete as the 2019 World Athletics guidelines require participants’ testosterone levels to be below a certain point for a span of 12 months, according to the Associated Press.

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