Former athlete Yolanda Chen, on ‘s ‘There’s a Theme’, said she believes the new swimming rules will no longer give transgender people an advantage in women’s competitions.
The Congress of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in Budapest has decided that transgender people who have made the transition after reaching the age of 12 will not be able to participate in women’s competitions under the auspices of this organization. FINA also announced the start of work on creating an open category for the performance of transgender people in certain competitions under the organization’s auspices.
– If they make a decision before the age of 12 and start some therapy, they will no longer be able to beat women. Because they start taking female hormones, turn into women and won’t be able to beat them.
Here is the story with (South African athlete Caster) Semenya and led to this. She was forced to take female hormones. Her figure changed, she stopped winning and quit sports. Therefore, from the age of 12 until adulthood, they will already have time to decide precisely physiologically and with the help of therapy. And at an older age, they don’t do that, they just change their external signs and go and make money in women’s sports.
In the open category, you can already win money there and you can’t win,” Chen said on .
In May 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Semenya’s appeal against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics) over new eligibility rules for athletes with high levels of testosterone. An Olympic champion must lower her testosterone levels to compete. Semenya, 31, has twice won Games gold in the 800m.
Source : MatchTV
