Apart from the excitement of the upcoming World Aquatic Swimming World Cup, the community is wrapped around the controversies of the transgender categories. This issue first started when the trans swimmer Lia Thomas was allowed to compete in the Women’s category by the NCAA, where she nabbed the win. A lot of opinions were shared about this on social media and various other platforms.

Swimming community senses another controversy with Riley Gaines’ remark 

The issue of transgender athletes has been rising since the day it started and after no registrations in the newly created ‘open category’, opinions are being curated on the internet. After giving an opinion on Lia Thomas’ participation in the women’s category and winning the race, Riley Gaines once again has the spotlight on her. She made an indirect comment about the trans athlete Thomas, and this can be an indication of another controversy brewing.

She took to her social media stating about the zero registrations in the open category. It has been upsetting for the swimming community to witness no entries of trans athletes even after getting support from FINA. Riley on her X account shared a post regarding the same. She attached an image of an article that stated that not a single open entry. The caption it carried, “World Aquatics & FINA created an Open Category for Swimming at the World Cup to accommodate both fairness and inclusion.”

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She further added, “There wasn’t a single entry.” She further expressed, “Very revealing as to what the real motivation is. Can’t cheat, won’t compete.” This silent mock can turn into another controversy after the cancellation of the open category in the upcoming world cup.

Why did FINA cancel the open category for the Aquatics world cup?

With the participation of the transgender athlete Lia Thomas, even the swimming world is not immune to the high controversies. After Thomas nabbed a win by participating in the women’s category, there has been chaos in the community. To bring peace to the matter, FINA created a new category for all the athletes whose gender identity differed from others. The organization invented this category after it restricted transgender athletes from competing last year in the women’s category.

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Now with the World Aquatics world cup about to commence, there were no entries in the open category. Despite such support from the authorities, not even a single registration in the competition has led to the cancellation of the event. A situation like this is more than upsetting for the association. Now, with Riley Gaines speaking up on this situation, will this bring new heated controversy again between both the swimmers?

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