Monthly Archives: March 2023

Thank you for standing up for female athletes

‘Thank you for standing up for female athletes’: Ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies praises World Athletics for voting to exclude transgender athletes from the women’s category Ex-swimmer Sharron Davies said the move shows woman are worthy of fair sport Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies has come out in support of World Athletics’ decision to exclude transgender…

Transgender women banned by World Athletics

Plymouth-born Olympic swimmer hails decision to ban transgender women from competing in female international events Plymouth-born Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies has hailed the landmark decision by World Athletics to ban transgender women from competing in female international events. The former medallist, 60, said she was “quite emotional” to hear the decision after campaigning for five years on…