What the UCI isn't accounting for is that testosterone levels in the years prior to transitioning build male muscles and physical advantages which remain and that Killips is using now. --CA
(CNN)Cycling’s governing body – the UCI – has defended its transgender policy after Austin Killips won overall victory in the recent Tour of the Gila in New Mexico.
Killips is the first openly transgender woman to win an official UCI women’s stage race, according to the Tour of the Gila website. The 27-year-old American triumphed on Sunday after winning the fifth stage of the event...
The UCI updated its rules around the participation of transgender athletes last year, announcing that transgender women must have serum testosterone levels of 2.5 nanomoles per liter or below for at least 24 months in order to compete in women’s categories.
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