Posted on 04/11/2023 5:57:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
Biological men are increasingly winning competitions against women in the female categories of cycling competitions across the world.
Women have lost out to male competitors in swimming, indoor track and weight lifting, among other sports. In perhaps the most highly publicized story of a transgender athlete, Lia Thomas, born William Thomas, began breaking records on the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team after competing for men’s team for three years, ranking 462nd.
The realm of professional cycling tells a similar story, with biologically male racers swapping out mediocre careers on men’s teams for record-breaking careers on women and girls’ teams.
Jilian Bearden (born Jonathan Bearden), the co-founder of U.S. Trans National Women’s Cycling Team, explicitly admitted to holding a competitive advantage over female athletes. Bearden took first place in the women’s division of the U.S. Peleton at El Tour de Tucson in 2016.
“I went from 16 minutes to 26, 27, 28 minutes,” Bearden said according to The Denver Post. “I was like holy … Testosterone gives you this drive, this oomph, and I didn’t have that push.”
The cycling governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) lowered the permitted levels of testosterone from 5 nmol/l to 2.5 nmol/l in 2022. A woman’s average strength, stamina and physique are all much lower than a biological male’s even after the latter undergoes testosterone suppression, according to the Sports Councils’ Equality Group.
The difference has shown on the track. A transgender mountain biker in New Zealand began competing as a woman a matter of weeks after competing on the men’s team, snagging the national mountain biking championship in Wanaka.
“If everyone’s not happy then maybe everyone’s not doing their best racing,” the biker, who goes by the name Kate Weatherly, said to The New Zealand Herald in 2018.
Rachel McKinnon, also a man, set the world record for women’s cycling while competing in the women’s 35-39 age category at the 2019 Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England.
Austin Killips never raced at the elite level until joining the women’s team, and quickly racked up the trophies. He placed third at the Women Pro Race at the second day of the Really Rad Festival of Cyclocross and took first place in the female elite division at the Verge Northampton International Cyclocross in Massachusetts.
Tiffany Thomas dominated a New York City cycling race after taking up cycling in his 40s. Thomas won a top place in the cycling team LA Sweat against his teammates, who were all aged 32 and under.
Some sports organizations and governing bodies have taken steps to protect women’s sports from male competition. World Athletics voted in March to ban biological males from competing as women in athletic competitions.
“In these circumstances, the Council decided to prioritise fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion,” World Athletics said in a press release.
At present, her husband might be sufficient security.
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“They don’t want ‘fair’ they want ‘dominance and submission’”
But audiences can’t possibly consider a male against a female to be a fair or interesting competition.
It’s up to women to stop it
It won’t be long before a man is the head of NOW.
Hilarious.
Depends on who is in the ‘audience’..............follow the money...........................
Proven failure of participation trophies for all.
Men pretending to be women so they can “win” is proof that a participation trophy is bs.
Resourceful men with no shame, taking advantage of the liberal disease in the country.
“Depends on who is in the ‘audience’.”
I’m being simple. Mismatched competitors are just not interesting, are they? Unless the underdog puts on a surprising performance, but that’s not the case in the gender mismatches, is it?
In the Entertainment Industry, i.e., TV, Movies, Sports, Legitimate Theater, there is a inordinately larger than normal population of homosexuals, that control literally billions of dollars....................
“In the Entertainment Industry, i.e., TV, Movies, Sports, Legitimate Theater, there is a inordinately larger than normal population of homosexuals, that control literally billions of dollars”
I believe that but they need to attract audiences in order to make money. Is promoting their cause worth losing money or making less of it?
Maybe it is because the LGBTxxx are getting a lot of favorable coverage now.
They believe the transformation of society that they created is well worth the money.
Yes, that’s part of it, plus they, as a group, want recognition and acceptance of their lifestyles. And the only way to do that is to PUSH it onto the main stage...................
All the best women…..used to be men
Nothing will chance until actual women refuse to participate in these ongoing farces. It is difficult to tell a young woman who has worked her entire life to become a top athlete to stand down, but until that happens across the board nothing will change and women will continue to be marginalized.
‘If only Lance Armstrong knew all he had to do to cheat was identify as a woman...’
but then he couldn’t have been banging Sheryl Crow...
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
I’d like to know why no marginally good male basketball player who can’t make it in the NBA has decided they are a girl hasn’t tried to play for the WNBA?
For the record, I purposely use the word GIRL. I’m hoping some dumb feminist is offended by this. And they ARE girls.
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