“Swimming will always welcome everyone no matter how you identify but fairness is the cornerstone of sport.” “I can’t tell you how proud I am of my sport & for doing the science, asking the athletes/coaches and standing up for fair sport for females,” the English athlete tweeted Sunday. She came out as a transgender woman in 2015.įINA’s ruling also received support from former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies. Jenner, 72, won a gold medal in the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Olympic Games. “We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions,” said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam.
She underwent hormone therapy before joining the women’s team. Thomas, who was part of the university’s men’s team before transitioning, started swimming for Penn’s women’s team during the 2021-22 season. The decision comes about three months after Lia Thomas, a swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, became the first transgender woman to win a NCAA Division I in any sport. The swimming governing body, FINA, announced its new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday following a 71.5% vote. “I took a lot of heat - but what’s fair is fair! If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females. “It worked!” Jenner tweeted Sunday after the federation’s ruling came down. Jenner, who is transgender, has been outspoken in her belief that it’s not fair for transgender women to take part in competitive women’s sports. by Anonymousįormer Olympian Caitlyn Jenner voiced her support for the international swimming federation’s decision that transgender athletes cannot compete in women’s events if they didn’t transition before 12 years old. "The company is now getting further details of the accident from the towing company," the statement said. It said that prior to its departure, the vessel had been thoroughly inspected by marine engineers and hoardings were installed, and all relevant approvals were obtained. The company said it planned to move it to a lower-cost site where maintenance could be carried out. The restaurant was towed away last Tuesday. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises said the restaurant became a financial burden to its shareholders, with millions of Hong Kong dollars spent on its inspection and maintenance even though it was not in operation.
It closed in 2020 due to the pandemic and laid off all its staff. The Jumbo Floating Restaurant, almost 80 meters (260 feet) in length, had been a landmark in Hong Kong for over four decades, serving Cantonese cuisine to over 3 million guests including Queen Elizabeth II and Tom Cruise. It said the company "is very saddened by this accident." "As the water depth at the scene is over 1,000 meters, (it makes it) extremely difficult to carry out salvage works," it said in a statement. The company said no one was injured, but that efforts to save the vessel failed and it capsized on Sunday. The restaurant encountered "adverse conditions" on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea, and water entered the vessel and it began to tip, according to Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises Ltd. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. Well, this doesn't sound suspicious at all.