2023-08-17 14:56:00
The “transgender controversy” in swimming originated from Leah Thomas, a famous American transgender swimmer who won gold in the 500-meter freestyle event of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) last year. Long before accepting hormone replacement therapy, Thomas had already represented the University of Pennsylvania in the NCAA men’s event. After Thomas completed the therapy in 2020, she will officially participate in the NCAA event in 2022, becoming the first transgender person to win the NCAA swimming event Swimmer, and said that he will continue to compete, “The goal is to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Trials as a female athlete.”
Thomas became famous in the NCAA, but there was no lack of resistance from swimmers who competed with him. For example, the Hungarian swimmer Jia Ozi, who represented Virginia Tech, published an open letter criticizing the NCAA for “allowing cross-country”. Gender athletes take away the opportunity to participate in competitions that are biologically real women”; when Thomas stepped on the podium, the runners-up and third runners-up in the 500m chose not to stand on the stage, but instead Take a photo with the 4th place competitor to show silent protest. In June of the same year, FINA amended the regulations, indicating that transgender athletes following the age of 12 were prohibited from participating in women’s competitions. At the same time, they will start to study the establishment of a separate competition mechanism for transgender athletes, and finally put it into practice in the Berlin branch in October this year. .
According to the latest competition plan of FINA, the “open group” will first appear in the 50-meter and 100-meter individual competitions of four swimming styles, and more long-distance and short-distance events are expected to be added in the future. To compete in Open Division events, the swimmer must belong to a National Headquarters or Federation and can then choose to compete as an individual, as a member of a representative team or as a national team. German Swimming Federation vice-president Morgan Roof welcomed FINA’s breakthrough. “Berlin is known for its diversity and tolerance in Germany. It is perfect to launch transgender events for the first time here.” As for Thomas, who bluntly said in an interview earlier that he was “proud of his achievements” and believed that many critics “use feminism to cover up their transgender fear mentality”. In the competition field, he “rectified” his identity as a transgender swimmer.
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