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The IOC and left never cared about transgender athletes, but used them to push radical LGBTQ agendas into school systems

MADISON, Wis., July 31, 2026 /4 WINDS USA/ — In 2003, 4 WINDS USA President Steve McConkey was the only person publicly fighting against the International Olympic Committee's transgender policies.

After the IOC passed their transgender policies, sports and school associations throughout the United States used the IOC's policies to pass their transgender policies.  

The IOC never cared about transgender athletes. They passed their policies to further the LGBTQ agenda in sports and schools throughout the world, mainly in the United States.

The IOC and the United Nations work together to further various UN agendas. Currently, the UN is trying to implement Agenda 2030, which includes radical LGBTQ agendas, abortion rights, and other globalist causes. 

4 WINDS USA President Steve McConkey ministers to Olympic athletes and stands up for Christian athletes. “The IOC did not care about transgender athletes,” states McConkey. “It was a smokescreen to push radical LGBTQ agendas into sports and schools. Once this transgender agenda was in schools, then the whole LGBTQ agenda could easily sweep entire school systems. Very few transgender athletes participated, but bathrooms were taken over by non-athletic transgenders. Athletes were used as a vehicle for this radical LGBTQ agenda to start.”

Currently, the IOC has stopped transgender athletes under the leadership of newly elected President Kristy Coventry. They returned to common sense, realizing that at puberty athletes are already set for life in regards to athletic performance. However, the damage they created spread throughout the world.

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 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 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.

• In March 2022, Steve went to Washington DC to talk to elected officials. He asked them to go beyond stopping transgender athletes and to include the dangers of transgender hormones and surgeries on minors in future bills, charging those who promote this. Later, Steve visited forty-five elected officials at the Wisconsin Capitol and went to other state capitals giving them the same message.

• 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.

• In March 2026, the International Olympic Committee banned transgender athletes and will require female athletes to take a once in a lifetime chromosome test that is done by a cheek swab. Currently, twenty-seven states have stopped transgender athletes. Also, the Supreme Court has ruled against transgender athletes. 

Steve McConkey is the President of 4 WINDS USA, an organization working with Olympic track and field athletes. Starting in 1981, he has worked through eleven Olympic cycles. Steve shares the gospel, encourages Christians, stands up for athletes, and gives training advice. He was a successful 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. Over the years, he had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews.