Looks like one of the "female" athletes from the Soviet communist bloc from the 60's and 70's.
Posted on 11/25/2025 6:36:15 AM PST by DallasBiff
Strongwoman Championship Thrown Into Disarray After Controversial Result
The 2025 World's Strongest Woman competition in Arlington, Texas, concluded in dramatic fashion as the victory of American athlete Jammie Booker ignited fierce debate about transgender participation in women's strength sports. The event, which should have celebrated peak physical achievement, instead became the centre of a heated controversy that has divided the strongwoman community.
Podium Protest and Claims of Unfair Competition
British athlete Andrea Thompson, who placed second, made her feelings clear by walking off the podium during the awards ceremony in a powerful act of protest. The situation escalated when three-time World's Strongest Woman champion Rebecca Roberts revealed that neither the competing athletes nor the event organisers were aware of Booker's background before the competition.
Roberts stated emphatically that the lack of transparency surrounding Booker's participation threatened the fundamental fairness of women's strength sports. Details about the American athlete remain limited, but a YouTube video from September 2017, appearing on Booker's channel, shows the athlete identifying as a 21-year-old trans woman at that time.
(Excerpt) Read more at britbrief.co.uk ...
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Looks like one of the "female" athletes from the Soviet communist bloc from the 60's and 70's.
I'd hit it.
Randy “Macho Man” Savage has entered the chat...
LOL!
needs to deal with that five o’clock shadow too ...
Sounds like a South Park episode.
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