FINA’s new eligibility criteria for transgender athletes and athletes with intersex variations is discriminatory, harmful, unscientific and not in line with the 2021 IOC principles. If we truly want to protect women’s sports, we must include all women. https://t.co/MDjrWB6GrU
June 20, 2022
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Hong Kong's Sioban Haughey, the Olympic 100m and 200m freestyle silver medalist, withdrew before her first race of the world swimming championships.
June 20, 2022
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As many celebrate the Title IX 50th anniversary, transgender athlete rights are the next frontier proving immensely difficult to sort out.
June 20, 2022
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FINA first partnered with the ITA in January 2019 as one of the first major Olympic Federations looking to further professionalize its anti-doping program.
June 20, 2022
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A sensational display puts Romania’s Catalin Preda on top of the podium at the second stop of the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Paris.
June 20, 2022
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Trans women will not be allowed to compete if they experienced male puberty after the age of 12, a restriction that may exclude many from elite sports.
🧵Today swimming's world governing body, FINA, voted to ban the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions. The new policy takes effect Monday & only allows trans athletes who have "completed" a transition by age 12.
June 20, 2022
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The policy is the strictest from any Olympic sports body and effectively bars any transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's events. FINA also agreed to work towards establishing an "open" category for some events that would ensure all swimmers would have the chance to compete. The decision means that swimmers such as American Lia Thomas will not be able to compete in world championships or the Olympics.
June 20, 2022
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Torri Huske (women's 100-meter butterfly), Caeleb Dressel (men's 50 butterfly), and Alex Walsh (women's 200 medley) won on the second day of racing at Budapest.
June 20, 2022
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The decision was the latest salvo in an ongoing fight over whether trans athletes should compete according to their gender identity or their sex assigned at birth.
June 20, 2022
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FINA adopted a policy that prohibits male-to-female transgender athletes who transitioned after beginning male puberty from competing in women's events.
June 20, 2022
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Americans Torri Huske and Alex Walsh have clinched their first world titles, and Carson Foster came through in a big final by winning silver.
June 20, 2022
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Two American legends swam slower than usual in the semi-finals of their respective races, setting up an interesting set of finals for day 2.
June 20, 2022
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The Washington, D.C. section of the Potomac River has made leaps and bounds in water quality over the past several years. But it's still illegal to swim there without a special permit.
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June 19, 2022
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America's Caeleb Dressel did his thing in the men's 50m fly, wreaking further havoc on the overall swimming medal table through two days of competition.
June 19, 2022
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The FINA decision to implement strict guidelines for transgender-female participation is a win for women's sports and competitive fairness.
