CeCe Telfer is the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title, but will not be allowed to compete in the women\u2019s 400-meter hurdles at the U.S.<\/b>
\nCeCe Telfer is the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title, but will not be allowed to compete in the women\u2019s 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic trials after failing to meet the World Athletics eligibility regulations. Telfer had been entered in this week\u2019s Olympic trials but was ruled ineligible based on the new guidelines released by World Athletics in 2019. According to Yahoo Sports, those guidelines are for international women\u2019s athletes that compete in events between 400 meters and one mile and include that athletes\u2019 testosterone levels must be below 5 nanomoles per liter (nmol\/L) for a span of 12 months. \u201cFollowing notification from World Athletics on June 17 that the conditions had not yet been met, USATF provided CeCe with the eligibility requirements and, along with World Athletics, the opportunity to demonstrate her eligibility so that she could compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials,\u201d USATF (USA Track & Field) said. \u201c According to subsequent notification to CeCe from World Athletics on June 22, she has not been able to demonstrate her eligibility.\u201d David McFarland \u2014 Telfer\u2019s manager \u2014 told the Associated Press that Telfer would respect the decision. \u201cCeCe has turned her focus towards the future and is continuing to train,\u201d McFarland said. \u201cShe will compete on the national \u2014 and world \u2014 stage again soon.\u201d Before transitioning, Telfer ran for the Franklin Pierce University men\u2019s team. According to the Daily Mail, Telfer ranked 200th in 2016 and 390th in 2017 in Division II competition. Telfer competed in the NCAA Women\u2019s Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2019, winning a national title in the 400-meter hurdles along with being named an All-American. In 2019, Telfer spoke to OutSports, claiming that there were disadvantages for a transgender woman competing against biological women, citing height and the use of hormone suppressers as examples. \u201cSo it\u2019s crazy! I\u2019m the crazy one, to be the weakest female, the weakest link in the chain, to be competing against the top ones,\u201d Tefler said. \u201cI should be fingered as the stupid one, for wanting to do that in the first place.\u201d Last week, Telfer wrote in \u201cWomen\u2019s Health\u201d magazine about competing as a transgender athlete: In the two years since my groundbreaking NCAA Women\u2019s Division II championship in the 400m hurdle, I\u2019ve reached out to more than 200 coaches in hopes of qualifying for the 2021 Olympics. Only two responded, and one stopped replying to my emails after finding out I\u2019m trans. People will continue to point and laugh, but at the end of the day, all I can say is meet me on the track and we\u2019ll see who is faster. To other athletes who don\u2019t accept me as a competitor, meet me on the track and when we are running the same race, the books will tell you something you can\u2019t deny: She\u2019s fast. I love what I\u2019m doing and I\u2019m getting to live my truth and live my authentic life. I believe that this is my way of being the change that I want to see in the world. And I live by that every single day. The news comes days after Laurel Hubbard \u2014 a male-to-female transgender weightlifter \u2014 made history as the first openly transgender person to participate in the Olympics. Former Olympian weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs spoke out on Thursday, saying that transgender athletes will eventually \u201cknock women out of sport.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s honestly going to knock women out of sport,\u201d Lambrechs said. \u201cWomen are not going to want to participate in something where there isn\u2019t opportunity for them to win medals or go to international competition\u201d Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com. The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n