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Lord Coe: Protecting female category is non-negotiable in my Olympic manifesto

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Lord Coe has made a pledge to protect the female category if he becomes president of the International Olympic Committee .

He argues that the boxing debacle at this year ’s Paris Games where two fighters won gold medals as women despite a sex test controversy would never have happened on his watch.

His distinction from his main rivals is that he has already delivered on this promise as president of World Athletics , ensuring that elite competition is restricted to those who are biologically female.

“I just want to open the windows,” he said. “This is not complicated, but you need sport that is free, fair, open, and you’re going to have to make tough decisions about integrity.” Coe will present his proposals to the IOC in Lausanne on Jan 30 , with Bach ’s successor scheduled to be confirmed in Greece in late March ..

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