Trans Athletes Banned from US Olympics Women's Sports

The USOPC said on Tuesday it had “an obligation to comply with federal expectations” and that it had engaged in a “series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials” following Mr Trump’s executive order.

“I should not have had to make this sacrifice. Women deserve to be treated fairly in sport,” she said.

“We deserve opportunities to train, compete and win in a women’s category set aside for women. We deserve this at the lowest levels of sport all the way through elite Olympic competition.”

At the same hearing, Damien Lehfeldt, the chairman of USA Fencing, defended his organisation’s stance, saying it could not ban transgender participation without a change in policy by bodies that regulate the sport, such as the USOPC.

Ms McNabb has said she is owed an apology by Joe Biden, Mr Trump’s Democrat predecessor, telling The Telegraph: “With the last administration I feel like we were begging and pleading for someone to listen to us.”

Democrats have “proven over and again that they don’t think women are important enough to fight for on this issue”, she added.

Mr Newsom, who has has long been considered a trailblazer on LGBTQ rights, said on his podcast: “I think it’s an issue of fairness… it’s deeply unfair. We’ve got to own that. We’ve got to acknowledge it.”