Former Olympian Sharron Davies Calls Out Trans Track Athlete For Competing Against Women: 'It's Cheating'
Former British Olympic medalist Sharron Davies has called out a transgendered female (a.k.a. A biological male) for competing in women’s track events.
Davies, who won a silver medal in the 400m medley at the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980, saw that a transgendered female named Cece Telfer participated in the women’s division of the David Hemrey Valentine Invitational at Boston University in February. The event featured people from high school to post college, the latter of whom ran under the designation "unattached" (like Telfer.)
The biological male ran in the 60m hurdles, and prevented a real woman from a spot in the finals. He would eventually disqualify himself for a false start in the championship event.
The former Olympian saw that the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) had posted about the event. After seeing ICONS’ post, Davies took to X to voice her frustration with the set of circumstances, rightfully calling Telfer’s participation "cheating."
Davies has been vocal about this issue in the past, and even claimed that trans activists have attacked her children’s school for her views.
Davies Was Justifiably Upset With Telfer's Actions
If you think Davies was overreacting to the Telfer situation, she wasn’t.
Telfer participated on the men’s track and field team at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire in 2017 and 2018. After transitioning the following year, Telfer won an NCAA title in the 400m hurdles in 2019 in the women’s category, proof that allowing him to participate in the women’s division is detrimental to women’s sports.
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Despite the indisputable fact that Telfer has an advantage over biological women, Telfer had the audacity to claim in an interview with "Outside the Lines" in 2019 that he was at a disadvantage when competing against biological women.
Fortunately, World Athletics passed legislation last year to prevent stuff like this from happening in the Olympics. Unsurprisingly, Telfer felt attacked when he learned of this decision.
"The overriding feeling was definitely devastation for myself and for many around the world," Telfer said of the rule changes.
I’m sure the women who lost out on a chance at a fair national title in 2019, and the women in the Boston event, felt the same way once they learned they’d have to compete against a biological male.
Davies was right, this is cheating, plain and simple. When will sports leagues fully wake up and see that for themselves?