NEWS RELEASE: 4 WINDS USA’s McConkey addresses the Olympic boxers
MADISON, Wis., August 2, 2024 /4 WINDS USA/ — International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said concerns over the boxers’ gender identity are “totally unacceptable.” Boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif posted early victories.
There was an uproar as the boxers appeared to be male. Last year, the athletes failed gender eligibility tests at the Women’s World Boxing Championships. They were disqualified after officials said they failed unspecified tests because they allegedly had male chromosomes.
In 2003, 4 WINDS USA President Steve McConkey was the only person publicly fighting against the IOC for allowing transgenders to compete. Currently, the IOC allows each sport to regulate transgender and intersex athletes.
Ten sports restrict transgenders:
Archery – Testosterone suppression
Athletics – Puberty transition
Cricket – Puberty transition
Cycling – Puberty transition
Rugby – Puberty transition
Swimming – Puberty transition
Tennis – Testosterone suppression
Triathlon – Testosterone suppression
World Boxing Council – Ban
World Rowing – Ban
Badminton World Federation – Reviewing
Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) – Reviewing
Men have 10X more testosterone:
9.2 – 31.8 for men
0.3 – 2.4 for women
“What are the testosterone levels of the two boxers? Does boxing measure those levels? Will we ever find out?,” states McConkey. “The Olympic Committee needs to reveal all tests, but that will most likely never happen. Obviously, the Olympic Committee is trying to cover up the truth. People can see with their own eyes what is going on. Most likely, the athletes are intersex with high testosterone levels.”
Before the 2016 Olympics in Rio, McConkey tried to sue the IOC to stop the women’s 800 meters race. He knew there were three intersex athletes in the race. The Wisconsin lawyers told McConkey he could not sue because he did not have a vested interest in the race. All three intersex athletes swept the medals as the women were left behind.
Intersex athlete Caster Semenya won that race. Semenya and the other two runners had high testosterone levels compared to the other racers. Eventually, transgender and intersex athletes were stopped in international track and field. They said athletes must transition at puberty to compete as transgender, making it nearly impossible for that to happen.
Also, intersex athletes were stopped as they had to keep their testosterone levels under five nanomoles. As a result, Semenya and the others abandoned the next Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport also ruled against Semenya in the appeal.
In 2003, McConkey started fighting against the International Olympic Committee’s transgender policies. He was the only one who stood against this publicly.
From there, the transgender movement spread to state high schools, the NCAA, NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. McConkey has fought this agenda every step of the way.
After years of standing up, World Athletics (track and field) and World Aquatics (swimming), plus other sports, banned transgenders from participating at the international level. Twenty-five states have passed anti-transgender athlete bills.
On October 4, 2023, McConkey spoke at three hearings at the Wisconsin Capitol. Two bills were against transgender athletes on high school and college teams. The third bill was against transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for those under eighteen. The bills passed the Assembly and Senate, but Governor Evers vetoed them.
McConkey recently opposed the International Olympic Committee for telling the media to not use certain words to address athletes, including the words “husband and wife.”
Steve McConkey is the President of 4 WINDS USA, a worldwide sports ministry, mostly in track and field (4WindsUSA.com). Starting in 1981, he has worked through eleven Olympic cycles. From 1982 to 1992, Steve was a USA National Track and Field Club Coach. After 1992, he has worked with all world-class track and field athletes and is a defender of Christian athletes. Steve graduated with honors from Western Kentucky University (Master of Public Health), Minnesota State University (BS-Community Health), and Webster High School (WI). Ministry headquarters have been in Eugene (Oregon), Dallas-Fort Worth (Texas), Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minnesota), and Madison (Wisconsin). In recent years, Steve has had over 325 worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews. Besides ministry work, he still advises athletes on training.