Why do female athletes and their families put up with this?
Outkick reports:
Transgender Runner Cruises To Washington Girls State Track Title, But This Kind Of Thing Never Happens, Right?A transgender athlete — who is biologically male — has won a championship in the girl’s competition at the Washington State Track & Field Meet, in yet another example of the lack of fairness girls and women are facing in sports.You may be feeling déjà vu, but that’s just because these stories are happening all too often.In this case, the runner in question is Veronica Garcia — who competes for East Valley High School in Spokane, Washington.According to the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, Garcia was previously known as Davina Brown and Donovan Brown and came to attention earlier this season for being ranked No. 1 in the league and No. 4 in the state after winning the Girls’ 400m in March.Garcia was on hand to compete in the Washington State Track & Field Meet at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma, Washington in the 400m dash.According to the meet results, Garcia won their heat race with a time of 55.59 seconds. The second-place runner finished with a time of 58.83 seconds.It doesn’t take a math whiz to realize that that’s a three-second lead in a race that takes under a minute.
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