Lia Thomas competitor touts FINA restricting transgender athletes: 'Step in the right direction'
University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the new rules and why she supports the new policies.
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FINA medical official hopes transgender-athlete policies are model for other sports
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Transgender swimmers barred from female events if they went through male puberty
Swimming’s world governing body FINA has voted to ban athletes who have gone through male puberty from racing in women’s events. In addition, FINA will set up a working group with a view to establishing an open competition category, open to athletes “without regard to their sex, their legal gender, or their gender identity”.
Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions
Swimming will set up an 'open category' to allow transgender athletes to compete as part of a new policy which will effectively ban them from women's races.
Minister wants UK sports bodies to follow FINA's lead in transgender policy
Sports minister Nadine Dorries said she agreed with FINA's decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's swimming competitions and will encourage British governing bodies to follow suit.
Nadine Dorries welcomes FINA ruling on transgender athletes
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has urged other sports to follow the example of swimming’s world governing body FINA and bar transgender athletes who have gone through puberty from competing in women’s events.
FINA votes to restrict transgender participation in elite women's competition
BUDAPEST: Swimming's world governing body FINA on Sunday (Jun 19) voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions and create a working group to establish an "open" category for them in some events as part of its new policy.
Australia's Seebohm backs FINA decision on transgender swimmers
MELBOURNE : Australian Olympic gold medallist Emily Seebohm has welcomed FINA's decision to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's swimming, saying the sport could now move on with certainty.