NEWS RELEASE: Up to 60 male biological advantaged athletes were finalists at track and field championships

MADISON, Wis., / September 20, 2025 /4 WINDS USA/ — At the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo, a panel presentation revealed that 50 to 60 athletes with male biological advantages were finalists at global and continental championships in women’s events since 2000.

World Athletics Health and Science Department head, Dr. Stéphane Bermon said the current cheek swab sex tests were necessary because many athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) were in various past finals.

Controversy arose when South Africa’s Caster Semenya won Olympic gold in the 800 meters at the 2012 and 2016 Games. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Namibia’s Christine Mboma won silver in the 200 meters. These athletes were intersex.

In 2023, World Athletics excluded male-to-female transgender athletes who had gone through male puberty. Last October, the United Nations said nearly 900 biological females fell short of getting medals because they were beaten by transgender athletes.

4 WINDS USA President Steve McConkey ministers to Olympic athletes and stands up for Christian athletes. “Track and field has led the way in an effort to make the playing field even for women,” states McConkey. “In the coming weeks, the Olympic Committee will do the same at the international level. As I was fighting this for years, I knew there was deception going on as sports leaders lied or were silenced for telling the truth.”

As he ministers to Olympic athletes, Steve stands up worldwide for Christian athletes. For example, he fights against atheists trying to stop Christian activity in sports and opposes those attacking Christian athletes.

—-In 2003, Steve started fighting against the International Olympic Committee’s transgender policies. He was the only person who stood against this publicly. Steve called various IOC members and was in contact with the USA Olympic Committee. From there, the transgender sports movement spread to high schools, all the way to the Olympics. Steve has fought this agenda every step of the way.

—-Steve tried to sue the International Olympic Committee before the 2016 Olympics in Rio to stop the women’s 800m race. However, the lawyers said that he could not because he did not have a vested interest in the race. Steve was concerned that intersex athletes (not transgender) would sweep the race. That is exactly what happened as they had high untested testosterone levels. This was a turning point as Olympic sports organizations started to pay attention.

—-In 2019, Steve asked Rasmussen polling to do a poll on transgender athletes. It was the first poll that was done on the subject in the United States. At that time, only 28% of Americans were for transgender athletes.

—-During the 2024 Olympics, Steve opposed the International Olympic Committee for telling the media to not use certain words to address athletes, including the words “transgender and born male or female.” Also, he provided evidence that the United Nations and the Olympic Committee work together to implement the radical 2030 Agenda.

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. Steve shares the gospel, encourages Christians, stands up for Olympic athletes, and gives training advice. He was a USA National Track & Field Club Coach from 1982 through 1992. Steve graduated with honors from Western Kentucky University (Master of Public Health), Minnesota State University (BS-Community Health), and Webster High School (WI). Ministry centers have been in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN), and Madison (WI). Steve was born in Des Moines (IA) and moved to NW Wisconsin after the sixth grade. In recent years, he has had over 400 worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews. Steve is a specialist in Christian apologetics.