Olympic cross-country skiing champion Veronika Stepanova in her column on , she wrote that transgender people will always have an advantage on the track over other athletes.
Stepanova won gold at the 2022 Beijing Games as part of the women’s relay team. According to the results of the 2022/23 season in the Russian Cup, the 22-year-old skier became second in the overall standings.
“Women who decide to become men do not bother me in any way. But on the contrary – quite. I know for sure that I won’t stand a chance against even an average skier who declares herself a woman at twenty. And Nepryaeva wouldn’t have it, and even Yohaug wouldn’t have it on top.
If now, until the potential candidates have appeared, the boundaries are not clearly defined, there will be problems. Some US states have already passed local laws explicitly prohibiting transgender people from participating in teenage/women’s competitions. World Athletics is banning those who changed gender after puberty from running with women from this year. Why there is no clear ban at the level of the International Ski Federation, I do not understand, ”wrote Stepanova.
Source : MatchTV
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