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  • Anger as transgender wrestler who was born female breezes through tournament [tr]

    02/25/2017 5:16:06 AM PST · by C19fan · 70 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | February 25, 2017 | Isobel Frodsham
    A transgender wrestler who stormed through a competition has been told he shouldn't be allowed to wrestle women because it's 'cheating'. Several people complained that 17-year-old Mack Beggs, of Texas, USA, should not be allowed to wrestle women as his testosterone treatment, which he is taking as he undergoes his transition from female to male, has made him too strong to wrestle women fairly.
  • Could Landis been framed on the night before his comeback? (Vanity)

    07/31/2006 7:29:25 PM PDT · by AZRepublican · 60 replies · 1,465+ views
    Nothing is adding up (in my mind at least) with the charges of illegal doping by Landis. Consider the following points: 1) His previous tests were clean. 2) Any kind of illegal doping on the night of his comeback would have zero affect on his performance the following day. 3) Why would anyone who knows they face mandatory testing take banned substances they know very well would be detected? Me think the culprit in this scandal isn’t Landis, but someone or group who wanted to discredit him and bring shame to American cyclists. This is the only motive and explanation...