Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

T*********r Cyclist Booted from Championship Race After Female Opponents Threaten Boycott

A man who identifies as a woman has been ruled ineligible to participate in a women’s championship cycling race in the United Kingdom after female competitors reportedly discussed boycotting the event.

Emily Bridges, 21, competed against other men as Zach Bridges before coming out as t*********r in October 2020.

He had been planning to participate as a woman in this week’s National Omnium Championships in Derby.

However, because Bridges was registered as a man, the Union Cycliste Internationale said he cannot compete against women until his registration as a male expires, USA Today reported Thursday.

The UCI’s decision came after a number of female riders discussed boycotting the event because of Bridges’ participation and unfair advantage, the U.K.’s Guardian reported.

In 2018, Bridges had set a national junior men’s record over 25 miles. He was on the Great Britain Academy program as a male rider but was dropped in 2020, according to the Guardian.

He continued to race in men’s events after coming out as t*********r in 2020.

Bridges won the men’s points race at the British Universities championships in Glasgow just one month ago, USA Today reported.

He started hormone therapy last year to lower his testosterone levels and begin competing as a woman.

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British Cycling rules mandate that riders have testosterone levels below five nanomoles per liter for a year prior to compete as a woman. This rule and Bridges’ previous registration as a male made him ineligible, USA Today reported.

British Cycling said in a statement Wednesday that it believes “t*********r and non-binary people should be able to find a home, feel welcome and included, and be celebrated in our sport.”
No problem let'm compete with each other....that would befair to all.

“We have been in close discussions with the UCI regarding Emily’s participation this weekend and have also engaged closely with Emily and her family regarding her t***sition and involvement in elite competitions,” the organization said.

“We acknowledge the decision of the UCI with regards to Emily’s participation, however we fully recognize her disappointment with today’s decision,” it said.

Bridges complained about the decision in a statement posted to social media on Friday.

“I have provided both British Cycling and the UCI with medical evidence that I meet the eligibility criteria for t*********r female cyclists, including that my testosterone limit has been far below the limit prescribed by the regulations for the last 12 months. … Despite the public announcement, I still have little clarity around their finding of my ineligibility under their regulations,” he said.
I meet the eligibility criteria for t*********r female cyclists:
So...there's the answer...compete with other t*********r female cyclists,

“I have been judged despite a total lack of evidence against me, purely because I am t***s.”

Bridges also claimed he had been “relentlessly harassed and demonised” by the British media.

Bridges’ aunt, Helen Bridges, told the U.K.’s Daily Mail that she believed this decision was unfair to him.

“It’s a bit of a tough one but I guess it’s unfair,” she said. “It is unfair on Emily, but the others obviously think it’s unfair on them so it’s a very, very difficult situation.

“Maybe t***s athletes should have their own class, but I think they should be allowed to do it [compete in women’s sports].”

Amid the controversy over t*********r athletes, Britain’s Sports Council E******y Group met last fall to look into the research and science related to that issue, the Guardian reported.

The SCEG said it found there were “retained differences in strength, stamina and physique between the average woman compared with the average t*********r woman or non-binary person registered male at birth.”

The problem of determining the fairness of t*********r participation in all sports is becoming an increasing challenge, the SCEG recognized.

British Cycling also commented on the difficulty of the situation.

“T*********r and non-binary inclusion is bigger than one race and one athlete — it is a challenge for all elite sports,” the organization said. “We believe all participants within our sport deserve more clarity and understanding around participation in elite competitions and we will continue to work with the UCI on both Emily’s case and the wider situation with regards to this issue.”

Sharron Davies, a former British Olympic swimming star, also spoke up about the issue, saying sports should be inclusive but also fair to female athletes, the Daily Mail reported.

“I think the very serious threat of a boycott helped hugely to concentrate their minds and cause intervention, but I’m being positive we are turning a corner,” she said. “Sport is all about fairness there are ways to have inclusion without sacrificing Women’s sport.

“It would not have been fair to ask [British Olympian] Laura Kenny and the other women cyclists that Bridges would have come up against to have to race a rival with the advantages of a biological man. No amount of testosterone reduction can mitigate that, but we’re being told to turn a blind eye to science and biology, to keep quiet and suck it up.”

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American Vet

Good

That should be done everywhere.

EmilyD

GOOD! It's about time!!

Gatsby

If r**l w***n, and girls, would boycott every event that allows this t*********r BS, it would quickly end.

woodguru

If he wants to keep competing it can be as a man, the guy was ranked at the top for men, he would dominate against women and that is BS. The only other solution I could see is a handicap, but it has to be significant enough to make him uncompetitive.

American Vet

The other thing that would help would be for the ELWNJs to come to their senses.

son of witless

This whole T*********r horse manure is all on your side of the aisle. None of this crap would be occurring now if not for the Democratic Party. The Republicans are the ones pushing back against it. I don't see your boy Joe or any other major Democrats coming out against the T*********r swimmer competing against College Women.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Yep. They lie about everything. The bill just passed in Florida has nothing about the word gay in it. All it states is that teachers are not to discuss sex, with children under eight years of age. Thought there was a law against that anyway. Yet the q***r, t***s, and utterly confused groups, along with woke corporations came out and lied their ass off about the bill.

son of witless

I did not like Disney before they started this latest stupidity. I guess there is still room on the bottom for my opinion of them to go lower. I used to love watching Walt Disney on TV in the early 1960s. It's a shame his body wasn't really frozen when he passed. He was cremated. If he had been frozen, they could thaw him out and he would kick some butt at the company.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

I liked Disney back in the 1950 s when I was a kid and Davy Crocket was popular.
My folks never could afford a coonskin hat for me though.

son of witless

Same guy played Davey Crocket and Daniel Boone, I think. Fess Parker. I think he used the same outfit for both.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Maybe you oughtta swap g****rs, cause you don't fare too well as a man around here.
Overload on estrogen, whack off your junk, grow you some udders, and your arguments, and attitude will be the same. That way, when the ladies here hand you your ass, we can watch a cat fight instead of your feeble attempts to assert male dominance.

Oldsailor65 Loc: Iowa

Yes he did.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Totally agree. I have been saying that for some time now. Apparently the AHs that run these sports won't use common sense so these women will have to take control of them.

Logically Right.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Everybody should be able to compete as who they are. Sports is about the body and training and conditioning etc. These boys/men have men's bodies, no matter what their mind tells them. XY c********es. Their mind can tell them they are a princess and it is all still in their mind. But their bodies are men's bodies, Period. And it they don't have one, they aren't one.

Logically Right