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Nature scored something of a win after FINA, the international governing body that oversees competitive swimming, ruled that transgendered athletes will be barred from competition unless they transitioned for the age of 12, a.k.a before they hit puberty. It was essentially a compromise ruling that would stop males who had benefitted from puberty from competing unfairly in women’s swimming events. But ABC’s Good Morning America was up in arms as they joined activists condemning the move, on Monday.
“And this is, by far, the toughest restriction against transgender athletes. Swimming's international governing board says they consulted with scientists and policymakers,” scoffed correspondent Juju Chang. “Some see it as a triumph of fairness or equity, while others see it as a blow to inclusion.”
Getting to the meat of the story, Chang called it “a bombshell ruling in the world of international sports” and whined FINA would be “leaving out athletes like one of the sport's rising stars, 23-year-old Lia Thomas.”
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