Overview

• On July 21, the USOPC updated its Athlete Safety Guideline to implement Executive Order 14201, effectively excluding transgender women from women’s Olympic sports.
• USOPC leaders Sarah Hirshland and Gene Sykes informed national federations by letter that compliance is mandatory under threat of losing federal funding.
• Trump’s E.O. 14201 authorizes the withdrawal of federal support from organizations that permit transgender women to compete in women’s events.
• The policy is expected to affect fewer than ten athletes among the 530,000 NCAA competitors, yet marks a major expansion of federal oversight in sports governance.
• The change builds on recent NCAA and state-level restrictions and arrives as the IOC conducts its own review of gender eligibility rules ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.