The White House appears pleased that officials with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is investigating the use of genetic sex testing.
The move is in response to an effort to keep women athletes safe from competing against biological male trans athletes, per a Fox News exclusive report.
USOPC officials lauded President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order during a Tuesday press conference. The organization also announced it is looking into genetic sex test options for U.S. teams.
The White House, it turns out, praised the committee’s efforts.
“Keeping men out of women’s sports is critical to ensuring the safety of female athletes and preserving the integrity of these elite events,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said. “As President Trump has said time and time again, this is an issue supported by 97 percent of the American public, and adopting this measure at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles will ensure fairness for all of the world’s best athletes.”
USOPC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff said the SRY gene tests being used by World Athletics and World Boxing are “not common” in the U.S.
“It’s not necessarily very common to get this specific test in the United States, so our goal in that was helping to identify labs and options for the athletes to be able to get that testing,” Finnof said. “And based on that experience, and knowing that some other international federations will likely be following suit, figuring out how we can make this seamless process… is where we are now. But we have a good process in place.”
USOPC Board Chairman Gene Sykes said Trump’s executive order was “consistent with international trend.”
“And fortunately, the executive order that is designed to protect women’s sports in the United States is very consistent with the trend internationally,” Sykes said. “The expectation is that this is, this is where world sport, international sport, will go.”
Trump previously predicted there will be a “very strong form of testing” for women’s sports at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“I think there is going to be a very strong form of testing,” Trump said. “There will be a very, very strong form of testing, and if the test doesn’t come out appropriately, then they won’t be in the Olympics.”
The USOPC amended its athlete safety policy to be more in line with Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
“USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities… to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201,” the policy read.
“We’re here to be supportive and helpful,” USOPC President Sarah Hirshland said. “But at the end of the day, defining eligibility for competitions has to happen at the individual sport level, whether that’s globally or nationally.”
