Posted on 05/21/2023 8:37:58 AM PDT by lowbridge
A transgender cyclist won the female category at a gravel race but stood alone on the winners' podium after the event.
The second- and third-place winners refused to appear at the medal ceremony after Lesley Mumford won her age group in the 100-mile Desert Gravel Co2Ut. Mumford was born a male and transitioned to female in 2017.
Mumford posted a picture on Instagram of her standing at the podium alone but smiling and holding the first-place medal
"I have no idea why so many people bailed before the podiums, but they did," Mumford wrote after finishing ahead of 43 female athletes in the 40-49 division.
Mumford finished sixth in the race's overall female category.
The event did offer a nonbinary division, but Mumford decided to compete in the female category.
Mumford outpaced Lindsey Kriete by 17 minutes. Kriete finished in second place, while Michelle Van Sickle finished third.
Niether Kriete nor Van Sickle have publicly commented on their decision not to join Mumford at the podium.
Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines took to Twitter and said, "Enough is enough!"
"Empty podium except for the male who naturally finished atop all the women in the women’s category. Despite there being a non-binary/trans category he easily could have competed in. Keep it up girls!" Gaines wrote in a tweet.
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” ‘ I have no idea why so many people bailed before the podiums, but they did,’ Mumford wrote.” He knows damn well why so many people bailed. And he’s a cheater too.
Lesley is just a man pretending to be a woman!
I’m sure the organizers will find some way to punish the podium no-shows. It’s going to take a lot of sacrifice in order to correct the belief that chemically-altered males are somehow “women”.
I commed the true women athletes for making this crossdresser look like the putz he is.
Good for them but if they really want to show their displeasure the real answer is to refuse to compete at all.
I commend them too.
Sorry that I wasn’t there, I would have beat the shit out of him. Then I would of respectfully let the ladies take their rightful places.
That’s a dood. Doesn’t even deserve a participation award. The womens should take him behind the barn and keek his azz.
The opportunity still exists to transform the silly crap that’s being pushed upon us and reclaim women’s sports for women with effort and persistence.
you go ladies!!!!!!!!!
Clueless po...
No character, no morals, no principles, no integrity, no honesty sums up this complete dbag, dung beetle of a loser.
All women should refuse to compete with those men. Let them participate alone and let the entire events financially fail.
A big part of the problem is that too many folks get drawn into the word games. The winner is evidently transgender. Well, okay. But that’s not the key point here, no more than his eye color is. The key point is that he is a male.
So a better title for the article:
Women refuse to stand at winner’s podium after male cyclist finishes in first place in women’s category
And the “trans’ activists and defenders wonder why there is “transphobia”. There is a limit to what normal people will tolerate.
Because you're not a woman, you worthless piece of garbage.
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