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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 77601" data-attributes="member: 428">I guess we're FINALLY going to have an all-male Olympics. The Olympics are going to be freakin awesome again!!! Except for beach volleyball, that's ruined. But everything else is going to be sweet!!<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/25/sport/transgender-olympic-athletes/" target="_blank">http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/25/sport/transgender-olympic-athletes/</a>[h=1]Story highlights[/h](CNN)The issue of transgender athletes recently gained wider global attention when Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion, announced he had undergone gender reassignment surgery and <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/01/entertainment/bruce-caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-feat/" target="_blank">was now living as a woman, Caitlyn Jenner.</a>Now transgender athletes look set to compete at the Olympic Games for the first time without first having to undergo gender reassignment surgery.Medical chiefs at the <a href="http://www.olympic.org/ioc" target="_blank">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC) have recommended the change which could mean transgender athletes would be more readily able to take part in <a href="http://www.rio2016.com/en" target="_blank">this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro</a> as well as other international events.Transgender athletes have been allowed to compete at the Games since 2004 but only after surgery, having undergone a minimum of two years hormone therapy and being legally recognized as their changed gender.[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150905160732-caitlyn-jenner-culture-club-large-169.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Controversy over Jenner's 'Woman of the Year' award 05:11[/COLOR]Headed by Professor Ugur Erdener, <a href="http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Commissions_PDFfiles/Medical_commission/2015-11_ioc_consensus_meeting_on_sex_reassignment_and_hyperandrogenism-en.pdf" target="_blank">the IOC medical hearing's findings</a> said that, "it is necessary to ensure in so far as possible that trans athletes are not excluded from the opportunity to participate in sporting competition," while still ensuring "the guarantee of fair competition."the </blockquote>

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