women's competition categories. This policy effectively bars all transgender women from competing in professional women's swimming, with the exception of athletes who "can establish to FINA's comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later". FINA also announced the development of a separate "open" category for some events, to be determined by a working group over the next six months, so that "everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level". The decision was criticized as "discriminatory, harmful, unscientific and not in line with the 2021 IOC principles" by LGBT advocacy group Athlete Ally. See also History of competitive swimwear FINA Athletes of the Year World Aquatics Day International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) List of swimming competitions List of international sport federations Major achievements in swimming by nation Notes References External links Official website Swimming organizations International sports organizations Sports organizations established in 1908 1908 establishments in England Aquatics IOC-recognised international federations Organisations based in Lausanne