US Olympics officials quietly bar trans women from competing in women’s sports

Olympic and Paralympic committee tells federations it has obligation to comply' with executive order issued by Trump

The US Olympic and Paralympic committee has in effect barred transgender women from competing in women's sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by Donald Trump.

The new policy, announced on Monday with a quiet change on the USOPC's website and confirmed in a letter sent to national sport governing bodies, follows a similar step taken by the NCAA earlier this year.