A muscle-bound man who claims to have transitioned into a woman has been suspended by swimming authority World Aquatics and had his women’s records stripped because he has refused to undergo gender testing to qualify for competition under the group’s transgender inclusion rules.

Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas, 47, has refused the tests because he claims the requirement is “not medically necessary,” according to the New York Post .

“Chromosomal tests are invasive and expensive procedures,” Caldas said in a statement. “My insurance refuses to cover such a test because it is not medically necessary.”

“No US state requires genetic tests for recreational sports events like these. Not even US Masters Swimming, the national governing body for recreational adult swimming in the US, demands

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