World swimming’s governing body FINA is setting up a working group to look into creating an ‘open category’ to ensure inclusivity after voting to restrict transgender women from competing in elite women’s competition.
But before the working group has even begun to consider exactly how an open category would work, the concept has already been dismissed by trans athletes.
Details of who would be eligible to compete in an ‘open category’ and what events such a division would feature in have yet to emerge with FINA giving itself six months to formulate a plan.
