00:01The South African Olympic champion, Kansa Semenya, has sharply criticized International
00:07Olympic Committee President, Kesti Coventry, after the IOC approved new rules that bar
00:14transgender women from competing in women's events at the Games.
00:19For me, personally, I would say the voice is not heard because you're taking it as a
00:26tick box, you're taking the box so you can go clarify or say yes, we've consulted.
00:33For me, it's for you, taking the box. Personally, for her as a leader, she's an African.
00:39I'm sure she understands, you know, how, you know, we as Africans, we're coming from.
00:44As a Global South, you know, and you cannot control, you know, genetics.
00:50For me, personally, for her being a woman coming from Africa,
00:55knowing how, you know, African women or women in the Global South are affected by that.
01:02The policy, agreed on Thursday and set to apply ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics,
01:09also tightens eligibility for athletes with a difference in sex development, including Semenya herself.
01:16Of course, it causes harm, you know, bodily, I'll say. And for her, obviously, if you say the science, because
01:27we talk about science here, if the science is clear, show us who decided.
01:32And don't address that as a lie, because it's a lie. And we know because we've seen it. So if
01:40we were to answer or confront kissing, that's how we're going to respond, and we'll respond strong as we are
01:49because it affects women.
01:50The debate over fairness, inclusion, and the definition of the women's category in elite sport is now sent to intensify,
01:58as both transgender athletes and women with differences in sex development face fresh barriers to competing at the Olympic Games.
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