With new research arguing transgender women athletes hold a competitive edge over biologically female competitors, an Olympic gold medalist and Title IX advocate on Tuesday called for policies to protect fairness and safety in female sports. “I’ve been working with other elite women athletes and researchers and even the International Olympic Committee to get them to reevaluate their quick judgment on promoting a policy that really is unfair for the safety and promotion of women sports in that category,” Donna de Varona, 1964 Olympics gold medalist in swimming, told “America Reports.”

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