A new “open” category will be added from September to cater for swimmers who identify as “transgender” or “non-binary,” Swim England said on Monday.
It comes after UK Athletics confirmed it will apply World Athletics’ rules on exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions.
The swimming governing body said the “female” category will be reserved for “athletes who have declared a birth sex of female.”
The “open” category, “which will be for athletes with a birth sex of male, trans or non-binary competitors,” will be added in all of Swim England’s disciplines, including swimming, artistic swimming, diving, and water polo, the body said….