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Caitlyn Jenner: Swimming's world governing body FINA made right decision to restrict transgender athletes

Athletics

By Reuters | Jun 22, 2022

Caitlyn Jenner attends the Elton John Aids Foundation Academy Awards viewing party at West Hollywood Park in West Hollywood, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS

Caitlyn Jenner has come out in support of swimming's world governing body FINA after they voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's competitions, saying women's sport needs to be protected.

FINA's decision, the strictest by any Olympic sports body, states that male-to-female transgender athletes are eligible to compete in women's competitions only if they have not experienced any part of male puberty.

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