Trans athlete changes sports and is dominating women again — this time under a new name

Trans athlete changes sports and is dominating women again — this time under a new name


Move over, Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. There’s a new multisport athlete making headlines.

However, this time it’s a male athlete who identifies as a woman.

‘Cycling was so simple by comparison.’

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Back in 2018, the man then known as Rachel McKinnon became the first transgender-identifying athlete to win the women’s Masters Track Cycling World Championships in England. He then won a second-straight title in 2019.

McKinnon even told Sky News at the time that his obvious advantage over female competitors did not mean he should be excluded from competing against them.

Eventually, British Cycling got its legs under itself and in 2022 suspended the inclusion of “transgender and nonbinary” participants in its women’s category, opting instead for women and “open” categories.

With women’s cycling off the table, McKinnon is

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