Nadine Dorries wants British sports to follow Fina’s lead
The UK’s Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, has said that she will be “crystal clear” when pushing British sporting bodies to follow global swimming authority Fina’s lead and ban trans athletes from women’s sports.
The Conservative party politician will meet with chiefs from football, rugby, athletics, tennis and other sports on Tuesday and urge them to follow replicate Fina’s actions.
In a landmark ruling last Sunday in Budapest where its world championships are being held, Fina’s members voted to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports if they have completed any part of male puberty.
The body also vowed to create an ‘open’ category for these athletes in the future, in moves that were praised by Dorries on British radio station LBC and her personal Twitter account.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Dorries revealed she will make it “crystal clear” to British sports bosses…
