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Transgender Swimmer Banned for Five Years After Investigation
Caldas refused a genetic test to protect her medical privacy and accepted a five-year ban and disqualification of results from the past three years, World Aquatics said.
- This year American Masters swimmer Hannah Caldas was banned for five years by World Aquatics after refusing a gender-verification test, and her last three years' results were disqualified.
- World Aquatics requested a gene test after reviewing Caldas's competition history, but she refused to protect her `intimate medical information` and called chromosomal tests invasive and expensive.
- At last year's World Aquatics Masters Championships in Doha, Hannah Caldas finished first in the women's 100m freestyle and earlier this year won five individual events at the US Masters Swimming Spring National Championship.
- Speaking about the fallout, Hannah Caldas said she will quit competitive swimming following her five-year suspension, stating `I have been swimming in sanctioned events for over 30 years, and I am prepared to let it all go.`
- The USMS eligibility finding contrasts with World Aquatics' action, as no U.S. state requires genetic tests for recreational sports and US Masters Swimming found Hannah Caldas eligible despite her refusal.
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Swimmer who refused 'invasive' gender test banned for five years and quits in bid to 'prioritise personal safety'
World Aquatics has handed American Masters swimmer Hannah Caldas a five-year suspension due to their failure to take a chromosomal test that would verify biological sex
·London, United Kingdom
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