Hope all you tranny lovers are happy with yourselves for pushing and supporting this insanity. Meanwhile women's dreams are being crushed
'I've left cycling – losing to a trans rider hurts on a million different levels'
Interview with Hannah Arensman, the US champion cyclist who walked away from her sport aged 24, despairing at the unfairness of competing against biological males
Despite giving up the sport she loves, Hannah Arensman refuses to be cowed by abuse women face for speaking out about the transgender crisis
A female cyclist who gave up her dream of competing at the Olympics after losing to a biological male has said the experience 'hurt on a million different levels'.
Hannah Arensman, 24, quit cyclocross
after also receiving abuse from a left-wing, Antifa gun club which protested at her final race after claiming 'there's a massive TERF [trans-exclusionary radical feminists] problem in cycling'.
Arensman is a 35-time winner on the national cyclocross circuit and previously opened up in heartbreaking detail about her decision to leave the sport, saying the inclusion of trans competitors meant she would 'lose no matter how hard I train'.
She quit the sport after losing out on a podium spot to trans rider Austin Killips in the Women Elite category at the 2022 National Cyclocross Championships in December. It would be her final competitive race.
In her latest comments about the decision, she said: 'There are a million different levels where it hurts.'
Arensman's experience comes amid the deepening row about the inclusion of trans women in female sporting categories. She has now also chosen to advocate for protected categories for women.
She told the Daily Telegraph: 'I realized that if an opportunity presented itself to say something on behalf of other women, then I would take it.
'This has gone on long enough, it has gone far enough. It should never have reached this point, it should never have been allowed. Someone has to take responsibility.
'This is not fair sport, and the governing bodies, who should have made the rules at the beginning, need to realize it. The very people who should be protecting our sport are not doing so.'
Arensman's final race was also marred by demonstrations from the John Brown Gun Club, a self-described 'leftist gun-rights group' which 'arms itself to defend against far-right violence'.
Masked members of the group attended the race to 'support two trans athletes racing in the Elite Women's Division', according to a tweet which included a photograph of their protest.
The group also celebrated Arensman's resignation and said: 'Hope we helped her find the door. She won’t be missed.'
Speaking about the toxic nature of the debate around trans inclusion, Arensman said: 'It just adds to the complete disrespect. When you have to use physical violence to keep other people in check, so you can do whatever you want, there’s something seriously wrong. It’s a form of tyranny.'
Footage from the race itself also purports to show Killips shove Arensman as the pair crossed paths on the course.
Arensman said: 'I fully expect that in cycling, as a full-body contact sport, you’re going to get hit at some point.
'But
when you have someone born a man run into you, over 6ft tall, it’s quite different. I tried to keep racing, not to let it get into my head at all. That one instance caught on video felt unnecessary, though.
'At best, it was a complete lack of handling skills. Women who have been doing this for 15 or 20 years have built up lots of technical ability. But there’s only a certain point we can get to with our muscles. Beyond that, we can’t compete.'
Arensman also criticized the possibility that Killips could go on to compete at the Olympics, adding:
'A guy, even if mediocre in the men’s field, is more than capable of breaking records and making podiums in women’s races.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ical-male.html
Such a sad story
