I suspect the headline is inaccurate, probably for brevity. A woman who claims some flavour of trans-identity would be able to row as long as she wasn't doping
https://archive.ph/xYGkG
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/08/cambridge-bans-trans-rowers-from-womens-boat-race/
As you can imagine as soon as this sank in with the local tras it didn't go down well.