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IOC President Kirsty Coventry made it crystal clear:
“It is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category,” she said. “In addition, in some sports it would simply not be safe.”
The screening is simple: a saliva sample, cheek swab, or blood draw, performed once in an athlete’s lifetime. Those who test negative for the SRY gene are cleared to compete.
This was not a rushed decision. The IOC spent 18 months reviewing scientific research, consulting medical experts, and surveying over 1,100 athletes worldwide before finalizing the policy.
Science led them to the SRY gene – the DNA segment responsible for male sex development – as the most precise and minimally invasive way to verify biological sex.
Former President Trump celebrated the move on Truth Social, while Karoline Leavitt pointed directly to his February 2025 executive order. She credited it for forcing the IOC to act.
An Olympian Who Competed as a Woman Attacks Policies Protecting Women
Enter Nikki Hiltz, a middle-distance runner who represented Team USA in the women’s 1500m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hiltz took to Instagram Stories to slam the new rule:
“This policy is so f—ing stupid and is not solving a problem that exists,” she wrote.
Here’s the irony: Hiltz is a biological female who competed as a woman. She would pass the IOC’s SRY screening with no problem. Yet she’s furious that women’s sports are finally being protected from male competitors.
Hiltz argued that no trans women competed in Paris, calling the rule pointless.
But that ignores real-world data.
A World Athletics panel has documented 50 to 60 athletes with male biological advantages reaching the finals in women’s events at global and continental championships since 2000. The United Nations reports nearly 900 biological females have been displaced from podiums by trans athletes.
Even if a trans athlete didn’t win a medal in Tokyo, she still took a roster spot and eliminated a biological female who trained her entire life for that moment.
“Not winning a medal” is not the same as “no problem exists.”
Trump’s Executive Order Just Rewrote Olympic History
Trump’s February 2025 executive order preceded the IOC’s action by over a year. He directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make America’s position clear: men in women’s sports are unacceptable.
With the 2028 Olympics set for Los Angeles, the IOC listened.
France has already complained, calling the rule a “step backwards,” suggesting its athletes might need to travel abroad for testing due to domestic bioethics laws.
Think about that. France would rather risk unfair competition than submit female athletes to a simple cheek swab.
For years, the left dismissed the issue, calling those who noticed a threat “bigots.” Trump noticed anyway. And now, the IOC has rewritten its rulebook.
Nikki Hiltz may call it “stupid,” but the nearly 900 women who never stood on the podium they earned might disagree.
