{"id":506975,"date":"2022-06-19T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T22:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=506975"},"modified":"2022-06-24T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:49:21","slug":"fina-transgender-policy-indicates-respect-for-womens-sports-and-fairness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-transgender-policy-indicates-respect-for-womens-sports-and-fairness\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentary: FINA Transgender Policy Indicates Respect For Women&#8217;s Sports and Fairness in Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FINA Transgender Policy Indicates Respect For Women&#8217;s Sports and Fairness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past week, FINA has operated the latest edition of the World Championship, Budapest serving as host to many of the premier swimmers on the planet. There have been plenty of intriguing storylines, from the continued excellence of <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> to the withdrawal of <strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> due to a medical concern. Solo world records have been supplied by Hungarian <strong>Kristof Milak<\/strong> (200 butterfly) and Italian <strong>Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> (100 backstroke).<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the pool, FINA hosted an equally important meeting, an Extraordinary General Congress. The main issue: How the organization would handle the topic of transgender participation in the sport. More to the point, how would the governing body address the participation of transgender females, whose biological advantages from male puberty ran the risk of altering the landscape of women\u2019s swimming.<\/p>\n<p>Although transgender participation in sports has been a topic for several years, the issue became a hot-button controversy over the past six months. It was during that time in which <strong>Lia Thomas<\/strong> emerged as a standout for the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the men\u2019s squad at Penn for three years, Thomas followed all NCAA rules and was permitted to race as a member of the women\u2019s squad for her senior year.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, though, it was obvious that Thomas held significant advantages over the competition, these edges provided by male puberty. She took these advantages and parlayed them into an NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle, along with finals appearances in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle. More, her presence triggered intense debate between groups seeking inclusion for transgender females and those looking for fairness in competition.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, FINA would weigh in on the controversy and make a ruling. That day was Sunday, when the organization\u2019s membership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-vote-on-transgender-policy\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted heavily in favor<\/a> of a guidelines that state that any transgender female desiring to compete in the female category could not have gone through male puberty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.fina.org\/fina\/document\/2022\/06\/19\/525de003-51f4-47d3-8d5a-716dac5f77c7\/FINA-INCLUSION-POLICY-AND-APPENDICES-FINAL-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete FINA Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What did FINA say with its ruling? That\u2019s simple. It indicated that it values female competition and recognizes the distinct physical differences between males and females. It recognized that height, strength, lung capacity, hand and foot size, among other factors, make a difference in competition. FINA, through its membership, made a call for fairness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the performance gap that emerges at puberty between biological males as a group and biological females as a group, separate sex competition is necessary for the attainment of these objectives,\u201d FINA wrote in the introduction to its transgender guidelines. &#8220;Without eligibility standards based on biological sex or sex-linked traits, we are very unlikely to see biological females in finals, on podiums, or in championship positions; and in sports and events involving collisions and projectiles, biological female athletes would be at greater risk of injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In putting this debate to a vote, FINA took care in addressing the topic. It provided input from scientists, transgender activists and athletes. It did not rush to a judgement, but took several months to investigate the matter and thoroughly examine all angles. And, on a global stage, it conducted a vote that could be a spark for other sports in their pursuit of fairness, and the guarantee that female athletes are offered a level playing field and respected.<\/p>\n<p>The FINA decision, too, took into account transgender females, as the governing body has pledged to offer future competitive categories for those athletes. They will not be left on the outside, but will be given the chance to put their skills to a test. However, these chances will not come at the expense of biological females.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of this week, we can hope, will be what the athletes do in the water at the Duna Arena, which is serving as the host of the World Champs for the second time in five years. But this week will also be remembered for how FINA implemented critical guidelines on transgender participation, and placed an importance on female sports.<\/p>\n<p><em>All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINA Transgender Policy Indicates Respect For Women&#8217;s Sports and Fairness For the past week, FINA has operated the latest edition of the World Championship, Budapest serving as host to 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