The open class was set as much as accommodate transgender swimmers after restrictions have been imposed on them.

World Cup swimming races designed to accommodate transgender rivals have been deserted as a result of nobody entered.

Open class occasions – made up of fifty and 100-metre races throughout all strokes – have been on account of be a part of the competitors beginning in Berlin on Friday.

But no entries have been acquired for the occasions, World Aquatics (WA) stated.

“Even if there is no current demand at the elite level, the working group is planning to look at the possibility of including open category races at Masters events in the future,” it stated.

“The World Aquatics Open Category Working Group will continue its work and engagement with the aquatics community on Open Category events.”

In response, former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies – a vocal critic of transgender ladies competing in ladies’s sport – posted on social media: “If trans women aren’t going to get the physical benefit of racing females instead of others males, they’re not interested!”

Swimming’s governing physique, previously generally known as FINA, voted final 12 months to solely enable individuals who had accomplished their transition by the age of 12 to participate in elite ladies’s competitions – a deadline criticised as unworkable, given age restrictions in lots of international locations.

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The governing physique adopted its “gender inclusion policy” final June throughout the world championships in Budapest.

The following month, it arrange a job drive to look into the matter, ensuing within the new class.

Transgender rivals had beforehand been banned from main occasions just like the Olympics and world championships.