1 Trending: Boomers Should Give Their Life’s Earnings To Their Kids, Not Making A Slow Death Last Longer

2 Trending: Senate Committee Holds Fauci In Contempt For Refusing To Answer For Covid Lies

3 Trending: Migrants Invaded Ceuta Because A Court Encouraged Them. SCOTUS Just Did The Same Here

4 Trending: Four Prosecutors Refused To Pursue Hacker Behind 2020 Breach Of 633K Arizona Voters

Female Tennis Stars Praise ‘Fair’ New Rule Excluding Men From Women’s Tennis

‘It would not be really fair for the women to compete against biological men.’

Share Article on Facebook

Share Article on Twitter

Share Article on Truth Social

Share Article via Email

Aryna Sabalenka, the best women’s singles tennis player in the world, joined the ranks of pro-women professional athletes on Aug. 2 by standing up for keeping men out of women’s sports.

“I think it’s really important to keep fairness in our tour,” she said in a press conference. “It would not be really fair for the women to compete against biological men.”

Sabalenka’s remarks came after she received a question on a new rule from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) already in effect that requires a genetic test for all players to keep men out of the women’s bracket in the 2028 Olympics. The test will require athletes to provide a saliva or blood sample for SRY screening, which looks for the SRY gene found only in men.

The WTA adopted this test after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced its own new policy in March that requires SRY gene testing to protect women’s sports. IOC President Kirsty Coventry supported the change, stating that “At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat. So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category. In addition, in some sports it would simply not be safe.”

Another tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, also praised the new genetic test rule, stating online that she is “very happy that we at the WTA are clear that we are a women’s association and only women, as in females, can compete at the highest level of........

© The Federalist