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A 29-year-old biological man identified as a transgender woman defeated a 13-year-old girl in first place at a skateboarding tournament in New York City on Saturday. Ricci Tres, who also attends
Ricci And Tres, won the top title in the women's category atThe Boardr Open, winning $ 500.
Second place was Shiloh Catori, a 13-year-old girl with a border global rank of 133, based on her performance in skateboarding. By comparison, Torres is ranked 838 in the ranking.
Four of the six tournament players were under the age of 17, and the youngest was Juri Iikura, who finished fifth at the age of 10.
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Much of the social media is biological among athletes And blamed the tournament for age disparities. Includes female skateboarder Taylor Silberman, who spoke in May after repeatedly finishing second in theskateboarding contestfor biological men.
"I participated in three different contests with transgender women, two of whom came in second," Silberman wrote in an Instagram post on May 17th, denying. Flooded with comments. She went on to explain that the transgender rivals who lost at the Red Bull Cornerstone Skating Event won $ 1,000 in qualifying, $ 3,000 in the final and $ 1,000 in the best trick.
"This was a total of $ 5,000 in prize money for female athletes," Silverman said.
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Christina Pushau, R-Fla. Governor Ron DeSantis asked from her personal Twitter account why 28 and 29 years old are "competing with their kids."
Broadcaster Tim Poole has the physical advantage of skateboarding because biological men "have a high center of gravity that gives them benefits that [hormone replacement therapy] cannot eliminate." Is written.
Boardr did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
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Skateboarding competition is biological It has a competitive advantage over biological women, which is held in a national debate over whether it is male or not.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, theBiden administrationenjoyed the same protection that Title IX gave to women half a century ago for transgender athletes. I have stated that I want you to.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
