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.
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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.
Swimming: Singapore's Teong Tzen Wei finishes 8th at FINA World Championships
SINGAPORE: Singapore swimmer Teong Tzen Wei finished eighth in the 50m butterfly final event at the FINA World Championships on Sunday (Jun 19).
Swimming body announces new policy on gender inclusion
BUDAPEST — FINA, the international governing body for swimming and other aquatics sports, adopted a new gender inclusion policy that prohibits male-to-female transgender athletes who transitioned after beginning male puberty from competing in women’s events.
Americans Huske, Dressel power to butterfly golds at world championships
BUDAPEST: American Torri Huske narrowly missed out on a world record in the women's 100m butterfly at the swimming world championships in Budapest on Sunday (Jun 19) while her compatriot and seven-times Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel won the 50m butterfly.