This is wrong and what baffles me is why those in charge don't see it as wrong.
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Transgender woman CeCe Telfer, who was born and raised as Craig Telfer and competed on the Franklin Pierce University men’s track and field team during her first three years of college, won the women’s 400-meter hurdles national title at the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Telfer dominated the competition, winning in 57.53 as second place was way back in 59.21.
Prior to joining the women’s team this season, Telfer was a mediocre DII athlete who never came close to making it to nationals in the men’s category. In 2016 and 2017, Telfer ranked 200th and 390th, respectively, among DII men in the 400 hurdles. Now she’s the national champion in the event simply because she switched her gender.
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https://www.letsrun.com/news/2019/05...-womens-title/
The truly sad part of this is that there was a young woman who most likely trained very hard for a long time and who should have been the 400-meter hurdles 2019 NCAA Division II champion. She is not. That is incredably unfair.