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Sharron Davies and Mara Yamauchi piled pressure on Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics chief, as he weighs up a new transgender policy
Women’s sport “no longer exists” in the UK and a “generation” of girls could miss out on medals thanks to “ludicrous” transgender policies, Olympians have warned.
Sharron Davies, who took silver for Britain in the 1980 Olympics, joined forces with Mara Yamauchi, the UK’s third fastest ever female marathoner, to demand urgent change.
Sport chiefs have been grappling with how to include male-born trans women who wish to play in female categories.
But the sports stars said current debates on the issue are flawed, as the focus on winning neglects women who will be “cheated” merely out of qualification places by rivals who have undergone male puberty.
Yamauchi, whose sixth place in the 2008 Olympics marathon was the joint best ever finish in an Olympic marathon by a British woman, pointed out she qualified for her first GB vest with a margin of just eight seconds.
originally posted by: Echo007
Anyone with common sense would ban transgender women from competing in women sports. If enough transgender women want to compete in sports, start up a transgender league.
When 15 year old boys soccer team can beat women national soccer team. That's one of the many examples why men shouldn't be allowed to compete in women sports.
originally posted by: sarahvital
if they want to do something great, let them beat men as a woman.
i wonder how far that would go.
originally posted by: sarahvital
if they want to do something great, let them beat men as a woman.
i wonder how far that would go.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: Salamandy
Transgender "women" are not real women they are men and no matter how much they mutilate their bodies to resemble a woman they will never be biological women.
Plain and simple.
We can not allow mutilated males take the roles of woman in sports. Is just ridiculous.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law that bans transgender girls and women in the state from competing in sports according to their gender identity. The measure applies to public and private K-12 schools and community colleges as well as colleges and universities affiliated with the NCAA and NAIA.
The law's backers say it's necessary to ensure fair competition — although research has disputed this. Opponents call it a discriminatory attempt to sideline transgender students who they say make up a small fraction of athletes in the state and do not pose the competitive threat that supporters claim.
Transgender "women" are not real women they are men and no matter how much they mutilate their bodies to resemble a woman they will never be biological women.
originally posted by: mysterioustranger
a reply to: Asmodeus3
I propose a new, respectful catagory: Trans Sports.