The 2024 Olympiad might be in the history books, but the controversy surrounding males competing in women’s sports is far from over.

Dysfunction in women’s boxing thrust the debate about female athlete safety and fair competition into center ring for the entire Olympic games. Despite being disqualified by the International Boxing Association to compete as women fighters, Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting left Paris with gold medals in women’s boxing around their necks and cast a long shadow over the International Olympic Committee.  

Now we learn that the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is forcing a new gender scandal on its upcoming games in Paris by qualifying a 50-year-old male sprinter from Italy, who has identified as Valentina Petrillo since 2019, to compete in women’s track and field. During the Paralympic games Aug. 28- Sept. 8, Petrillo is sure to overshadow the accomplishments of female athletes on the podium in Paris.

Here at home, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have done nothing to calm the storm. Neither has prioritized fairness for women nor stood up for America’s female athletes in these cases.

Worse, the NCAA continues to insult female athletes as it defends itself against a landmark lawsuit over its perverse policy allowing males who feel like women to enter women’s competitions, steal female trophies, and intrude in women’s locker rooms. Recently, more plaintiffs have joined the lawsuit brought by Riley Gaines and other current and former NCAA female athletes…

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