The ban on transgender swimmers competing in major women’s events has been celebrated by many. And that includes Caitlyn Jenner.
The three-time Olympic gold medalist took to Twitter over the weekend and celebrated the news by sharing The Post’s coverage of the landmark decision.
“It worked! I took a lot of heat, but fair is fair! If you go through male puberty, you shouldn’t be able to take medals away from women. Period,” Jenner tweeted Sunday after swimming’s governing body announced its vote to ban trans athletes.
Over the weekend, FINA met to vote against allowing trans athletes to compete in their competitions. The result was 71.5% for the new policy that requires transgender athletes to prove they “have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later.”
“We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive equity in our events, especially in the women’s category in FINA competitions,” said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam.
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“Thank you @seanhannity and @HeyTammyBruce for having a conversation based on common sense. All we want to do is protect women’s and girls’ sports! It’s that simple. And denouncing the slanderous and defamatory lies of @PinkNews and @emilychudy@benjamincohen.”
“It’s just not fair,” Jenner said, adding, “and we need to protect girls’ sports at our school.”
FINA said it would explore establishing an “open” category for transgender people in some events as part of the new policy.
