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Transgender Swimmer Banned For Five Years

"Hannah" Caldas refused to take a "gender verification test."

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John Leake
Oct 24, 2025
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Multiple newspaper are reporting that transgender swimmer Ana Caldas has been penalized with a five-year ban and has been stripped of all competition results between June 2022 and October 2024 by World Aquatics—the international governing body for aquatic sports— for refusing to take a gender verification test.

The 47-year-old Caldas, who calls himself H…

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