Triathlon completely bans transgender athletes and creates an open category in the UK

The next sport to take an important step in modernizing policies with transgender athletes in women's categories. Before I do that World Triathlon, British triathlon It will have an impact that goes beyond policies fine: Anyone born male will be banned even if they have not gone through puberty. This was the limit that the new sports regulations considering the changes seemed to set, but this regulation is more in line with Boris Johnson.

As advanced TelegraphThe policy, which British Triathlon will agree on Wednesday, will be the strictest yet announced this summer. This controversy has entered into a new division after cases emerged Leah Thomas And Emily Bridges In swimming and cycling respectively. Specifically, the two governing bodies of these sports have updated their rules for the participation of transgender athletes who transition from man to woman and wish to participate in women's competitions.

In addition, information from the British newspaper shows that the organization is planning to create an open category in which trans women can compete, as FINA has also created. This will be implemented gradually in the coming years, so that there is time to professionally establish this new way of competing for all those athletes who do not feel identified with the gender they belong to once they are born.

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Everything vibrates due to pressure Nadine DorisThe minister is most involved on the issue, a week after her summit call with Britain's national federations in which she imposed a ban on trans women in elite women's competitions. It remains to be seen whether global triathlon follows example United kingdom It creates such a restrictive policy for this sector of athletes who could be affected.

These standards are still under review for two of the most relevant global federations: FIFA And World Athletics. The organization that directs Gianni Infantino Studies specify age limits for transitioning and testosterone limits due to inequalities that may exist. The world of athletics also shows that it is following the same path. Even if they are apart, doing a triathlon in this way can affect them.

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this way, International Cycling Union It will remain one of the few countries that updates its rules and continues to be subject to previous changes. One thing the UCI has done is allow trans women to participate in elite women's competitions, as long as they take steps to reduce their testosterone levels. To do this, it halved the maximum limit for trans women from 5 nanomoles per liter to 2.5 and doubled the period of time they had to stay below the levels from one to two years.

the International Hockey Federation They also stated two weeks ago that they are reviewing their policy on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports. the International Rowing Federation It is following the same path and will present the new regulations at its board meeting in November.