Rusty Weiss
The White House is celebrating a major victory for women’s sports after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it will ban biological males from competing in women’s events at the 2028 Olympics and beyond.
Bounding Into Sports reported on the move Thursday.
Under the new policy, eligibility in female categories — both individual and team sports — will be limited to biological females, enforced through a simple one-time SRY (Sex-determining Region Y) gene screening test. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasted no time crediting President Trump for forcing the move.
“You cannot change your sex. President Trump’s Executive Order protecting women’s sports made this happen!” she declared.
You cannot change your sex.
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 26, 2026
President Trump's Executive Order protecting women's sports made this happen! pic.twitter.com/srqXczJUN4
White House Celebrates IOC Ban on Men From Women’s Sports as Trump Executive Order Delivers Major Victory for Fairness
The IOC’s decision marks a clear shift toward prioritizing “fairness, safety, and integrity,” not to mention biological reality, over gender identity.
It follows Trump’s February 2025 executive order directing the Secretary of State to pressure the IOC to base Olympic participation on sex, not self-identified gender or testosterone suppression.
“The radical left has waged an all-out campaign to erase the very concept of biological sex and replace it with a militant transgender ideology,” Trump said at a White House event where he signed that order. “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over.”
The President himself celebrated the IOC bending the knee and implementing the rule change on social media.
“Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee on their decision to ban Men from Women’s Sports. This is only happening because of my powerful Executive Order, standing up for Women and Girls!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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This entire development represents a refreshing return to sanity in elite athletics, where women’s records, scholarships, and safety had increasingly been compromised by weak men who wanted to play dress up and feel better about their athletic failures.
The move has drawn praise from female athletes, activists like Riley Gaines, and state attorneys general, who called it a triumph of common sense and bold leadership that the IOC likely wouldn’t have pursued without U.S. pressure.
BREAKING 🚨
— The Riley Gaines Show (@RileyGainesShow) March 26, 2026
The Olympics just updated their policy, and it’s a MASSIVE win for women’s sports! 🥇 pic.twitter.com/5Xyf1HHe9t
They’re right.
By standing firm on the immutable truth that sex matters in sports, the Trump administration delivered a win not just for American female athletes but for fair competition on the global stage heading into the Los Angeles Games.
Thanks, Mr. President!