‘I’ve been demonized’ says trans cyclist banned from women’s competition

'I've been demonized' says trans cyclist banned from women's competition

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Cyclist Emily Bridges competed in the UK in 2018, when he was still known as Zach Bridges.

Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges has claimed she was ‘harassed and demonized’ after learning she could not compete in the UK’s Omnim Women’s National Championships.

Bridges is 21 and says he provided the medical evidence that she was able to participate in her first women’s event, the Omnium Method – a track cycling competition, made up of several combined events. But she says she still has “a little clarity” about her “alleged incompetence”.

“No one should choose between being themselves and playing their cardio,” she said in a tweet on Twitter.

Bridges claims that it spent six months in contact with the British Cycling Union and the International Cycling Union (UCI – the sport’s international governing body) about the eligibility criteria it had to meet to participate in the competition, which was held in Derby. , in England. On the first weekend of April.

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