Tennis legend Martina Navratilova ripped USA Fencing for punishing a female fencer who refused to face a transgender athlete at a tournament in Maryland last weekend.
“This is what happens when female athletes protest! Anyone here still thinks this is fair??? I am fuming… and shame on @USAFencing, shame on you for doing this. How dare you throw women under the gender bulls— bus!!!” Navratilova wrote on X.
Navratilova was commenting on fencer Stephanie Turner, who refused to compete against transgender fencer Redmond Sullivan at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland. Turner took a knee at the start of the match and was subsequently disqualified from the tournament.
“I knew what I had to do because USA Fencing had not been listening to women’s objections
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