New Swimming Category open for Transgender People

Share to Google Classroom

World Aquatics will introduce a new open category for transgender athletes at the upcoming Swimming World Cup event in Berlin.

This move follows last year’s decision by the governing body to bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races. The open category will include 50m and 100m races across all swimming strokes and aims to emphasise inclusivity and diversity.

Swimmers wishing to participate in the new category will need to have an affiliation with a national federation and can compete individually, for their club, team, or as national federation members. This step is considered a pioneering pilot project, and more events could be added in the future.

The Berlin Swimming World Cup is scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 October.

1
Marine scientists in New Zealand have discovered that vehicle tyres...
1
Brazilian skateboarding champion Sandro Dias has made history by riding...
1
A Hungarian man has danced his way into the Guinness...
1
A gym teacher from Maine, USA, may have broken his...

World & National News

1
New Zealand has announced plans to remove all feral cats...
1
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is now the biggest city...
1
Almost 1.45 million people in New Zealand watched The Chase...
1
A new wind farm on the Chatham Islands is set...
1
A volcano named Hayli Gubbi in northern Ethiopia erupted on...