{"id":239959,"date":"2026-04-23T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/vlasic-endorses-iocs-new-gene-screening-regulation-for-womens-events\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:08:09","slug":"vlasic-endorses-iocs-new-gene-screening-regulation-for-womens-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/vlasic-endorses-iocs-new-gene-screening-regulation-for-womens-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlasic endorses IOC\u2019s new gene screening regulation for women\u2019s events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/e3rvjb\/article70898328.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/_DSC7409.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/e3rvjb\/article70898328.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/_DSC7409.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/e3rvjb\/article70898328.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/_DSC7409.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/e3rvjb\/article70898328.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/_DSC7409.JPG\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    World 10K Bengaluru run event ambassador Blanka Vlasic, a double Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion in high jump, during a press conference ahead of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru run 2026, in Bengaluru\u00a0on April 23, 2026.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-70897920\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The International Olympic Committee\u2019s new\u00a0policy, which mandates that eligibility for any female category is limited to biological females, has sparked debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility for the female category for all disciplines of an IOC event, including the Olympic Games, will be determined by SRY gene screening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; April 23, 2026 08:38 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/vlasic-endorses-iocs-new-gene-screening-regulation-for-womens-events\/article70897920.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World 10K Bengaluru run event ambassador Blanka Vlasic, a double Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion in high jump, during a press conference ahead of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru run 2026, in Bengaluru\u00a0on April 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The International Olympic Committee\u2019s new\u00a0policy, which mandates that eligibility for any female [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[72194,72196,27989,72193,10435,22477,752,16410,9010,72195,3862],"class_list":{"0":"post-239959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics","8":"tag-biological-females","9":"tag-blanka-vlasic","10":"tag-debate","11":"tag-female-category","12":"tag-gold-medallist","13":"tag-high-jump","14":"tag-international-olympic-committee","15":"tag-ioc","16":"tag-olympic-games","17":"tag-sry-gene-screening","18":"tag-world-championship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}