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The fuck are you talking about trans female athletes have been smashing Womens* records for years now.
running https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/trans-runner-wins-another-womens-race-one-year-after-breaking-record-angering-critics
swimming https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/sport/lia-thomas-transgender-ivy-league-swim-championships/index.html
lifting https://thecomeback.com/olympics/transgender-powerlifter-anne-andres-sets-national-record.html
Except they haven't. There are a small handful of examples, that people both greatly exaggerate, and repeat over and over again. Trans people have been allowed to compete for many years prior, and have not overrun women's sports.
Simple math is that even being a small minority, trans people will, occasionally, win things. Even if there are zero competitive advantages to being a transgender woman, some trans women are gonna excel. Finding a handful of examples of trans people being good at sports isn't actually proof of advantage.
Is the type of race that can be totally dominated by up and coming Olympic athletes. Regional/institutional races tend to have quite low records until someone top-tier happens, by chance, to participate in them in the course of their career.
My sides. A senior event. At that age the only one you're competing against is yourself.
Yeah that's bullshit there's a reason the rules set by all other organisations involve something along the lines of a minimum of two years on HRT. Noone at all anywhere is claming that the act of identifying as a woman, alone, reduces muscle mass.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/50097423
move those goal posts
https://www.outsports.com/2022/3/24/22994867/emily-bridges-cyclist-transgender-commonwealth-games
Feel free to provide any actual counter evidence aside from your own personal prejudices and pointless judgements anytime you like.
Nice of you to provide your own counter-evidence. There we have it, a top athlete in the men's category, slumping to "does she even qualify?" in the men's ratings, but ranking top in the woman's category -- because she was and still is a stellar athlete.