Trans category at Swimming World Cup got cancelled because no one signed up for it

A planned category just for trans people at the Swimming World Cup in Berlin has been cancelled due to lack of interest. World Aquatics, the governing body for international water sports, announced Tuesday that it had received no entries for the “open category.”

“Following the close of registration for the open category competitions at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup – the Berlin 2023 meet scheduled for October 6-8th – World Aquatics can confirm that no entries have been received for the open category events,” the organization said in a statement.

World Aquatics announced the establishment of the trans-inclusive category in July after it banned transgender women from competing in women’s categories last year. The federation, formerly known as FINA and recognized by the International Olympic Committee for administering international competitions in water sports, is one of several sports organizations that have banned transgender women from competition in recent years. The bans followed a string of…

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