Several months ago, transgender women’s cyclist Austin Killips appeared to push a female competitor during a race, although Killips was not disqualified from the competition. And former Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson thinks it’s because she got preferential treatment since she was a transgender athlete.
During an appearance on the “Gaines for Girls” podcast hosted by anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, Inga Thompson claimed that if anybody else but a transgender athlete had done what Austin Killips did during the competition, it would have been an automatic disqualification.
“If a woman had done that to another woman or if a man had done that to another man, every official out there has told me, is an automatic disqualification,” Thompson told Gaines according to Fox News. “But, it shows again the preference is going to the transgender women in the sport, no official wanted to touch it because they were going to get labeled as transphobic and then they had maybe some sanctions coming after them.”
This incident has led to quite a lot of conversation on social media as a result.
HOW ABOUT TWO TRANS LEAGUES! Now that would be fair! Ex-Olympic cyclist on why transgender competitor wasn't punished for apparent shove of another riderhttps://t.co/v6ISBzYKrq
— deborah green (@NewaiGreen) August 30, 2023
"If a woman had done that to another woman or if a man had done that to another man, every official out there has told me, is an automatic disqualification," "But, it shows again the preference is going to the transgender women in the sport." https://t.co/o9z34XrlmO #FoxNews
— Bob Lewerenz (@bob_lewerenz) August 30, 2023
Inga Thompson spoke with @Riley_Gaines_ about Austin Killips and how the transgender cyclist avoided punishment for pushing a competitor during a race because officials didn't want to be labeled transphobic.https://t.co/t78A3uQON4
— OutKick (@Outkick) August 30, 2023
Former Olympic cycling champion Inga Thompson has claimed controversial trans cyclist Ausin Killips was not immediately disqualified after appearing to shove another rider out of the way because the umpires were too afraid of being labelled transphobichttps://t.co/Fc38J9wEo3
— Amanda Vos (@AmandaVos7) August 30, 2023
Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson says controversial trans rider Austin Killips got away with shoving biological female rival during race because umpires were too scared to punish her https://t.co/l8o35v5skv
— World News (@worldnewstweet_) August 30, 2023
It’s worth noting that the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which is the world governing body for the sport of cycling, now prohibits transgender cyclists who “transitioned after (male) puberty” from participating in women’s events.
[Fox News]
