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FINA bans Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez from competition after she fainted in Budapest pool

The world's governing body for water sports prevents Anita Alvarez from competing in the women's team free final after a meeting with medical experts and Team USA officials.

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US swimmer who fainted banned from team event as Olympian calls for investigation

Sports legend Alla Shishkina says US officials need to further investigate what caused the athlete to lose consciousness in the final of the women’s solo free event.

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Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez 'feeling much better' after fainting in the pool during world championship solo competition

The 25-year-old dual-Olympian has thanked her supporters after a medical emergency in the pool at the FINA World Championships.

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World swimming’s governing body FINA ‘open category’ proposal faces questions over fairness and viability

Caitlyn Jenner, who announced her transition from Olympic gold medallist Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn in 2015, has questioned whether there are enough trans athletes to make such a system viable

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Katie Ledecky extends record medal haul at swimming worlds to 21

American swimmer Katie Ledecky claimed her 18th gold medal at world championships — in the women’s 4x200 freestyle relay final — to extend her record haul of medals to 21

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Trans rulings up to individual sports: AOC

The Australian Olympic Committee will defer to individual sports' rulings on transgender women's eligibility to compete in women's categories.

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Former world champion swimmer Danni Miatke warns FINA ban on transgender athletes will impact a 'marginalised' community for decades

The fallout continues from FINA's ban on transgender swimmers as former world title holder Danni Miatke warns the decision will have a negative impact on a 'marginalised' community for decades.

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Here’s the result of the trans swimming ban: strife, with a big role for sports lawyers

This is just the beginning, as others sports review their eligibility criteria based on contested science, says Robin Moira White, a discrimination barrister

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International Rugby League Bans Transgender Women From Participating

The ban will prevent transgender women from playing in the 2022 Rugby League World Cup.

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Feminists who oppose transgender rights are ‘not true feminists’, says pioneering trans athlete

The first openly transgender athlete to compete in the NCAA’s top division talks to Io Dodds about transphobia, abortion rights, and his friendship with swimming star Lia Thomas

The Independent UK

Sport-by-sport look at governing bodies’ stances on transgender issue

FINA’s position means Lia Thomas is unable to compete in the women’s category with immediate effect.

The National (Scotland)

From swimming to cycling, where different sports stand on transgender athletes

Here we sum up the current stances of various international and national governing bodies

The Independent UK

Transgender athletes in women’s sport: Athletics could follow swimming and rugby league with ban, hints Coe

World Athletics could become the latest sporting governing body to ban transgender women from participating in elite female competition.

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The Independent UK

Fifa reviewing gender eligibility regulations for football

Swimming this week announced a ban on athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events

The Independent UK

FIFA reviewing its gender eligibility regulations

Swimming governing body FINA this week announced a ban on athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events.

Evening Standard

The transgender battle in swimming gives us hope for a fair way forward

The decision on Sunday by FINA, swimming’s world governing body, to bar those who have experienced male puberty from elite female competition, is good news for fairness in sport, and for women’s rights. It is also, though this may seem less obvious, good news for trans people.

Daily Mirror

Rugby league follows swimming by banning transgender players from women's internationals

The International Rugby League (IRL) has announced transgender athletes can no longer compete in women's international matches after swimming's governing body confirmed a similar stance

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Lord Coe hints athletics could follow swimming in banning transgender women

World Athletics could follow swimming in changing its rules.

The Independent UK

Athletics could follow swimming in banning transgender athletes, Sebastian Coe hints

Swimming has voted to stop transgender competitors from competing in women’s elite races if they have gone through part of male puberty

The Hindu

International Rugby League joins FINA in banning transgender athletes in women's events

The International Rugby League (IRL) said in a statement on Tuesday that it needed to further consult before finalising its transgender policy

The Guardian - AU

Rugby league joins swimming in barring transgender women from female international competition

International Rugby League says further consultation and research is needed before trans inclusion policy can be finalised

ABC News

International Rugby League bans transgender women as it looks to create an inclusive policy after FINA ruling

Rugby league's world governing body says it is banning trans women from playing in the women's game until it does enough research to put together a formal inclusion policy.

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'Get a grip': Ballon D'Or winner Megan Rapinoe criticises growing exclusion of trans people from sport

Ballon D'Or winner Megan Rapinoe's comments come as FINA, world swimming's governing body, voted to further restrict trans women's participation in elite competitions.

AAP

Trans ban for women's rugby league Tests

The governing body for international rugby league has banned transgender athletes from competing at this year's Women's World Cup while more research is done.

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