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review and consultation. under the new rules, trans athletes will compete in an "open category" with men, who will see their catagory disappear. the changes will prevent emily bridges, the country's highest—profile transgender cyclist, from being part of the british women's team. bridges has accused british cycling of engaging in "culture wars" and called the change a "violent act" by a "failed organisation". our sports editor dan roan has more. it's known as the country's most successful olympic sport, but for the past year, british cycling has faced a dilemma over its policy towards the participation of transgender women riders. and today, following a review, it announced they would be banned from the female category across its competitive events and instead compete together with men in a new open category. the man in charge of the sport told me why there was a need for change. we will define the female category as the athletes who are female by sex at birth and the open category available