BUDAPEST (Hungary; 19 June 2022) –
FINA Member Federations voted today in support of a new FINA policy on gender
inclusion presented at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022.
The vote, which was 71.5 percent in
favour of the new policy, took place after Congress heard speeches from
representatives of a working group that was set up in November 2021. This
working group consisted of three specialist groups - an athlete group, a
science and medicine group, and a legal and human rights group.
After analysing the conclusions of
these groups, FINA developed a new policy that will apply at all FINA events.
The policy will also be followed for world record ratification, wherever the
competition took place.
The full FINA gender inclusion policy
can be found here. https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2022/06/19/525de003-51f4-47d3-8d5a-716dac5f77c7/FINA-INCLUSION-POLICY-AND-APPENDICES-FINAL-.pdf
Included in the policy are proposals
for an open competition category. FINA will establish a new working group that
will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up
this new category.
Commenting on the policy, FINA
President Husain Al-Musallam said; “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.”
The FINA President added: “FINA will
always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that
everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level. This has not been
done before, so FINA will need to lead the way. I want all athletes to feel
included in being able to develop ideas during this process.”
The new FINA gender inclusion policy
comes into effect on 20 June 2022.
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