Female athletes have lost nearly 900 medals to transgender rivals competing against them in women’s sporting categories, an eye-opening United Nations report has revealed.
The study — titled “Violence against women and girls in sports” — stated that more than 600 female athletes have been bested at various events by competitors who were born male.
“According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sports,” the report said.
“The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males.”
The wide-ranging report, compiled by Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was presented to the UN General Assembly earlier this month.
The paper didn’t elaborate on at what sporting events the medals were won, or over what time frame.
If you look at my posting history in the Sports section, you'll see that I posted very frequently about the WNBA season because I do watch and follow the WNBA... I've been very excited about the fact that Caitlin Clark & Angel Reese are going to be such superstars advancing the game to the next level and making it highly marketable. I also closely followed Rhonda Rousey and Joanna Jedrzejczyk, but only recently am I coming back to MMA as something I actively follow and so I am not that familiar with the current women's fighters (as I have also lost familiarity with all but the most standout men's fighters that are unavoidably given more attention than women fighters).
Women's sports are great... And, just like lower tier soccer, college football, etc., athletes with less physicality than the superstar elites are playing a kind of different game with different possibilities, different limitations, different opportunities...
It creates different strategies, different tactics, different approaches...
Our local soccer leagues are nothing in comparison to the EPl or La Liga - our best players all get poached to go to leagues that are higher paying... But I still attended religiously when I had more free time, and was lucky to see them win two championships in person... The fact taht "This is not the EPL!" bothers some people, and they never show up or care about our local league, but this is a garbage attitude of garbage people...
Which is also exactly why people who think that since women cannot compete with men in basketball their league is not worth paying attention to. It's the attitude of people who do not love the sport for what it is...
Real sports fans find themselves distracted and ready to stop and watch when they see schoolkids playing, just the sight of 10 year olds kicking around a ball is enough for them to want to see what happens... Because it is the sport itself that matters.
Long rant, I know, but I dislike being accused of this...