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Transgender runner CeCe Telfer’s Olympic dreams have been put on
hold.

She has been ruled ineligible to compete in the women’s 400-
meter hurdles – her signature event – at the U.S. Olympic trials
for not meeting the World Athletics eligibility regulations for
certain women’s events, according to the Associated Press.

If Telfer qualified, she would’ve made history as one of the
first openly transgender athletes to ever compete in any Olympic
event.

Telfer was previously listed as a qualified athlete for Friday’s
opening heats, but she was missing from Wednesday’s list.

In 2019, World Athletics released new guidelines that cut off
international women’s events between 400 meters and a mile to
athletes whose testosterone levels were at 5 nonomoles per liter
(nmol/L) or more, according to ESPN.

To be eligible to compete for an event under the requirements,
Telfer would’ve had to suppress her testosterone levels (below
the 5 nmol/L threshold) and sustain them for at least a year.

On Wednesday, Telfer’s manager, David McFarland, said in a
statement that Telfer won’t give up on her Olympic dreams
despite the outcome.

“CeCe has turned her focus towards the future and is continuing
to train. She will compete on the national – and world – stage
again soon,” McFarland told AP.

USATF, in a separate statement, explained, “Following
notification from World Athletics on June 17 that the conditions
had not yet been met, USATF provided CeCe with the eligibility
requirements and, along with World Athletics, the opportunity to
demonstrate her eligibility so that she could compete at the
U.S. Olympic Team Trials. According to subsequent notification
to CeCe from World Athletics on June 22, she has not been able
to demonstrate her eligibility.”

USATF said it “strongly supports inclusivity and providing a
clear path to participation in the sport for all, while also
maintaining competitive fairness.”

“If CeCe meets the conditions for transgender athlete
participation in the future, we wholeheartedly back her
participation in international events as a member of Team
USATF,” the statement concluded.

Telfer competed for the men’s team at Franklin Pierce University
(Division II), before she took time off and later returned to
compete for the women’s team.

In 2019, Telfer became the first openly transgender woman to win
an NCAA title. At the time, she was a fifth-year senior at
Franklin Pierce.

Compete as a man, BITCH.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/why-is-transgender-runner-cece- telfer-ineligible-for-the-olympic-trials/

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