“You’re okay with ostracising an already marginalised group? Real accepting,” the 27-year-old Australian said on social media.
“Shame on everyone that supported this discriminatory and unscientific decision.”
Earlier,four-time Olympic champion Cate Campbell told FINA’s extraordinary general congress (EGC) in the early hours of Monday morning (AEST) that she supported a restriction on transgender athletes competing in women’s categories and urged people to “listen to the science and experts”.
“Women,who have fought long and hard to be included and seen as equals in sport,can only do so because of the gender category distinction,” Campbell said before delegates voted in favour of the ban.
“To remove that distinction would be to the detriment of female athletes everywhere.”
Also on Monday morning,Australian Olympic gold medallist Emily Seebohm welcomed FINA’s decision,saying the sport could now move on with certainty.