Swimming World Cup's plan for transgender athletes backfires

Days before the Swimming World Cup kicks off in Germany, it has been revealed that a trans-inclusive category has failed to garner interest.

The Swimming World Cup's plan to allow transgender and nonbinary athletes to compete at the upcoming event has faltered, after its gender-inclusive, open-category races failed to attract any entries.

Addressing the lack of athletes signing up for the new category, the governing body said on Tuesday:"The World Aquatics open category working group will continue its work and engagement with the aquatics community on open category events. While some say that excluding transgender athletes from women's categories is discriminatory, others say that such inclusion was itself prejudicial as it meant biological women were less likely to achieve highly.contributor launched an initiative called Fairness First.

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