World swimming body restricts transgender athletes from women’s events

Published June 19, 2022 12:00am ET



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

Transgender athletes must have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to qualify to compete in women’s events under the new policy that will go into place on Monday, as reported by BBC.

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