rachel mackinnon denies the accusations saying she was forced to suppress the testosterone levels in accordance with the rules on transgender athletes we put the issue up for debate what i find strange is the human cried being raised over transgender athletes but not over other athletes who clearly have certain advantages over fellow competitors i think the way in which transgender athletes are being singled out is very very unfair and wrong now of course we do need to look at whether transgender athletes do have an advantage which is unfair and gives them an advantage over others but i don't think the research really substantiate that at the moment the female athletes themselves fear feel that there are some particular disadvantage in competing somebody who's gender has been. in some cases changed you know there have been cases in the past so i mean the most celebrated. american tennis player really richards who i was a man was a useful player. and then our underwent transgender. and competed as a woman and reached the following all of the double this of the u.s. open tennis champio

canadian a transgender athlete is facing a backlash after winning the cycling world championship a rachel mackinnon who was born male finished first in the race in los angeles this sunday becoming the first of a transgender woman to win gold in this competition but her achievement was met not only with applause. unfair advantage and not to be celebrated look at the difference in size and muscle mass of course you were going to win imagine being the woman who came forth knowing that you should have a place on the podium. amazing i was so infused at reading this i went out and challenged two eight year olds to a one hundred meter race guess what i only went and won first time running in an eight year old's race to the winner denies any accusations saying she was forced to suppress her testosterone level in accordance with competition rules on transgender athletes so we debated the sensitive issue with our guests. what i find strange is the hue and cry being raised over transgender athletes but not over other athletes who clearly have certain advantages over fellow competitors i think the way in which

canadian transgender athletes is facing a backlash to winning the cycling world championship rachel mackinnon who was born male who finished in the race in los angeles this sunday becoming the first of a transgender woman to win gold in this competition but her achievement was met not only by applause. unfair advantage and not to be celebrated look at the difference in size and muscle mass of course you were going to win imagine being the woman who came forth knowing that you should have a place on the podium amazing i was so if used at reading these i went out and challenged to eight year olds at a one hundred meter race guess what i only went in with. first time running in an eight year old's race to the winner denies the accusations saying she was forced to suppress her testosterone levels in accordance with competition rules on transgender athletes a hormone specialist mikhail adults of age told us what such rules are based on what in mysore is not in ukraine it's important to consider the specifics of this particular sport every athlete is a separate case they look at their anthropology