With transgender swimmers now effectively banned from women’s competitions, do other sports place restrictions on transgender athletes? Here’s everything you need to know.
On Sunday, FINA voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's swimming competitions.
A total of 71.5% of FINA members voted in favor of what they called the rising"gender inclusion policy" at the organization's general congress, which also featured presentations from three specialist groups, an athlete group, a science and medicine group and a legal and human rights group.Track and Field
For athletes who would like to compete in international events between 400m and one mile in distance, they first have to lower their testosterone levels to below 5 nmol/L, whichThese levels have to last for six months and stay at that level while they compete., individuals who transition from male to female before puberty are regarded as girls and women and those who transition from female to male are regarded as boys and men .
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