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By Matt Audilet USA Swimming has announced a new policy regarding transgender athletes trying to compete in “elite” events. From now on, a three-person panel of independent medical experts will decide whether or not “prior physical development of the athlete as a male” will give an unfair advantage over cisgender females. As part of this evaluation, the panel will check to make sure testosterone levels have been less than five nanomoles per liter for at least the last 36 months. “USA Swimming has and will continue to champion gender equity and the inclusivity of all cisgender and transgender w…