Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Nancy Hogshead denounced allowing trans women to compete with natural women, saying it was “unfair”, and NCAA UPenn swimmer Leah Thomas’s achievements were a perfect example of how unfair it was. moon.
Speaking to TMZ, Hogshead rejected Leah Thomas’ statement that “trans women don’t threaten women’s sports.”
Thomas said this in an interview this week. The NCAA Women’s Swimming Champion spoke about the transition from male to female and into the sport.
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But Hogshead believes that allowing male athletes to compete against women from birth is a major threat to women’s sports.
“Once a boy hits puberty, you can’t bring him back. So it’s not fair,” the US Olympic swimmer told TMZ.
“We hope we can get sports governing bodies, legislators and other people who care about justice more than any other outcome,” Hogshead said, referring to the advocacy of women in Champion Women’s sports.
Hogshead has stated that he doesn’t care if Thomas wants to live as a woman, but sports aren’t the place for that.
“I confirm who you are [Lia] she wants to be for the rest of her life,” said Hogshead. “Whether at work, class or anywhere. But when it comes to sports, sports are not based on identity. It is based on biology. That’s why we have a women’s sports category.”
“As female athletes, we may lose our right to participate in certain sexual sports if sport is not based on gender discrimination and gender identity is equated with gender discrimination,” she said.
“I’m not going to let this generation of women beat someone with a biological advantage that you can’t train, eat better, find a better trainer,” added Hogshead. .
“You can’t beat biology,” Hogshead exclaimed.
The 1984 Olympian wasn’t the only Olympian to criticize the University of Pennsylvania and the NCAA for allowing Thomas to compete as a woman. In April, Australian gold medalist Emma McKeon also said it was “unfair” for a transgender swimmer to compete against natural-born women.
Source: Breitbart
