Transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey warns of ramifications of FINA gender policy on community sport

Isobel Cootes
Updated June 22 2022 - 6:51am, first published 4:30am
Transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey has slammed FINA's decision to prevent transwomen from competing in women's events if they had experience male puberty past age 12. Picture: Chris Doherty
Transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey has slammed FINA's decision to prevent transwomen from competing in women's events if they had experience male puberty past age 12. Picture: Chris Doherty

FINA's decision will have a far greater ripple effect than on the Olympic lanes, says transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey - and already another sporting code has followed suit.

Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.