Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas just received the worst news of her life after receiving a five-year ban by the sport’s governing body for refusing to take a gender verification test.
In May, the trans swimmer was on cloud nine after she obliterated the competition while winning five races at a recent national championship meet. Caldas dominated the five individual events she entered in the women’s 45-49 age group division in the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas.