Whether to allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports already was a key debate among Olympic leaders before U.S.

The rhetoric around transgender athletes heated up at the Paris Olympics last summer with Mr Trump eagerly entering the fray. On the campaign trail, he frequently mislabelled two

Candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Association have outlined their views on transgender athletes competing against women and in the Olympic Games, an issue that was the subject of an executive order issued by U.