A stance on transgender athletes made by one of the world's most important athletic federations has sent ripples throughout the ⚽️ rest of the sports world and some fear it may bring even wider changes to come.
The governing body of international ⚽️ competitive swimming announced a policy that will only allow athletes who've transitioned before the age of 12 to take part ⚽️ in any of the elite international swimming competitions.
Lia Thomas, second left, of Penn University and transgender swimmer Iszac Henig (L) ⚽️ of Yale pose with their medals after placing first and second in the 100-yard freestyle swimming race at the 2022 ⚽️ Ivy League Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The decision made ⚽️ by FINA pointed to what the organization says is a "performance gap" that emerges between biological males and females during ⚽️ puberty.
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