“We understand that there’ll be differences depending on the sport,” she said, according to Fox News. “But it was fully agreed that as members that, as the IOC, we should make the effort to place emphasis on the protection of the female category.” Coventry continued: “It was very clear from the members that we have to protect the female category, first and foremost. We have to do that to ensure fairness. And we have to do it with a scientific approach. And with the inclusion of the international federations who have done a lot of work in that area.”