Entire world swimming body restricts transgender athletes from women's situations

Abigail Adcox

June 19, 03:55 PM June 19, 03:55 PM

Swimming's world governing system, FINA, voted on Sunday to restrict transgender athletes' participation in elite women's competitions.

Transgender athletes have to have concluded their transition by the age of 12 in order to qualify to contend in women's occasions beneath the new policy that will go into area on Monday, as claimed by BBC.

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"FINA's tactic in drafting this plan was detailed, science-dependent and inclusive, and, importantly, FINA's solution emphasised aggressive fairness," Brent Nowicki, the governing body's executive director, told BBC.

The new coverage, which was accepted by 71% of FINA's countrywide federation users, aims to establish an "open" group for transgender athletes to compete in.

Transgender athletes' participation in women's competitions has develop into a significant subject of discussion in the sporting world in the latest decades. In 2020, Globe Rugby banned transgender ladies from worldwide competitions, starting to be the first intercontinental federation to do so.

College of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas has been a new target of scrutiny just after the athlete turned the initially transgender NCAA champion in Division I historical past earlier this year, profitable the women's 500-garden freestyle.

Thomas, who has expressed hopes of competing for a spot in the Olympics, will be barred from participating in the women's category under the new policy.