Trans ‘Woman’ Crushes World Powerlifting Records; Is this fair to female athletes to have to compete against biological males?
On Sunday, a biological man who identifies as a woman took the Masters world records for women’s squat, women’s bench press, and women’s deadlift. A female Olympian responded by condemning the “pointless, unfair playing field” where biological women are beaten by biological men who identify as transgender women.
“What a day, 9 for 9! Masters world squat record, open world bench record, masters world dl record, and masters world total record!” Mary Gregory posted on Instagram. Gregory thanked the Raw Powerlifting Federation. “As a transgender lifter I was unsure what to expect going into this meet and everyone – all the spotters, loaders, referees, staff, meet director, all made me welcome and treated me as just another female lifter- thank you!”
Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies condemned the unfairness of biological men competing with biological women.
This is a trans woman a male body with male physiology setting a world record & winning a woman’s event in America in powerlifting. A woman with female biology cannot compete.. it’s a pointless unfair playing field. https://t.co/sI9i3AFANB
— Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) April 28, 2019
When biological men claiming to identify as women compete in these sports, they destroy fair competition. They break records that biological women worked hard to set, and set new records that will be harder for biological women to break.
What’s the point of women competing in sports anymore?
I’m not going to trash this person for winning in women sports. But I definitely question whether or not it’s fair to female athletes having to compete against biological males.
Wasn’t this the reason we started women’s sports in the first place?
