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USA swimming issues new policy, effective immediately: a three-person panel of independent medical experts will now decide whether "prior physical development of the athlete as a male" will give an unfair advantage over cisgender females.



The panel will also check that testosterone levels have been less than five nanomoles per liter for at least 36 months prior.



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Here's a left-leaning take on the USA Swimming announcement, which I link mainly because it quotes Stanford swimmer Brooke Forde (apologies if these comments were posted earlier, as I didn't go back and look at all the posts in the thread).

One of Thomas’ competitors, Stanford swimmer Brooke Forde, said, “I believe that treating people with respect and dignity is more important than any trophy or record will ever be, which is why I will not have a problem racing against Lia at NCAAs this year.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/us...ns-swimmer

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USA swimming issues new policy, effective immediately: a three-person panel of independent medical experts will now decide whether "prior physical development of the athlete as a male" will give an unfair advantage over cisgender females.



The panel will also check that testosterone levels have been less than five nanomoles per liter for at least 36 months prior.



article

Here's a left-leaning take on the USA Swimming announcement, which I link mainly because it quotes Stanford swimmer Brooke Forde (apologies if these comments were posted earlier, as I didn't go back and look at all the posts in the thread).

One of Thomas’ competitors, Stanford swimmer Brooke Forde, said, “I believe that treating people with respect and dignity is more important than any trophy or record will ever be, which is why I will not have a problem racing against Lia at NCAAs this year.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/us...ns-swimmer