British Rowing released new eligibility guidelines that will restrict transgender athletes from competing in women’s events in order to “guarantee fair and meaningful competition,” the sports governing body announced this week.
The new rules will go into effect on Sept. 11 and will include policies for three categories: women’s, mixed, and an open category.
“British Rowing is committed to promoting an environment in which rowing is accessible and inclusive and to ensuring that we provide opportunities and enjoyment for everyone,” the statement read.
“In order to achieve this in a fair manner, we need to establish conditions for competition that guarantee fair and meaningful competition by placing necessary and proportionate restrictions on eligibility. We already do so in lightweight and adaptive rowing categories, and we are now doing so in the women’s category.”
According to the new policy, the athletes eligible for participation in the women’s competition must be “assigned female at birth.”
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