Transgender New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made waves at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics after the athlete became the first biological male to compete against biological females in the Olympics, but the athlete is now ineligible to compete in the 2024 Paris Games.

Restrictions surrounding the participation of transgender athletes in traditionally female spaces have tightened since the last Summer Games, with little to no grey area left, according to a report.

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The World Athletics Council, the governing body for track, barred men who went through puberty from high-level female competition in March, which followed a 2022 decision by FINA, world swimming’s governing body, to only allow biologically male swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete.

The World Athletics Council was one derived from the "overarching need to protect the female category," federation president Sebastian Coe said.

FINA's president shared a similar sentiment, when that body adopted its new "gender inclusion policy."

"This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, a spokesman for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, said.

"They're not saying everyone should transition by age 11; that’s ridiculous. You can’t transition by that age in most countries, and hopefully, you wouldn’t be encouraged to. Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage."

Additional bodies, including the International Cycling Union [UCI], have also established safeguards for female sports.

In July, the UCI blocked biological men who completed puberty and offered a new "men/open" category for those who fail to meet the new gender standards.

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Transgender athletes who would have previously qualified to compete against biological females have not taken the new protections for female athletes well.

"The only safeguard transgender women have is their right to live as they wish, and we are being refused that; we are being hounded," French sprinter Halba Diouf said.