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The legend of tennis Martina Navratilova reacted to two athletes from the Oregon high school who refused to stand with a transgender athlete after the height jumping championships of the girls on Saturday.
Reese Eckard, by Sherwood High School, and Alexa Anderson, from Tigard High School, left the podium and refused to share the place with the transgender athlete who finished in fifth place. Anderson finished in third and Eckard in fourth.
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The athletics athletes of Oregon girls, Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson, refuse to stand on a medal podium next to a trans opponent. (Thanks to America First Policy Institute)
Images obtained by PK Press Club Digital have shown an official confronted with Eckard and Anderson.
“Women and girls are punished, no matter what they do in this misogynistic world …” wrote Navratilova on X.
She added that “feminists never asked for this. At least not the vast majority of us … never.”
Navratilova was a major voice in the effort to protect female sports. She was particularly critical of the Democrats who failed to go to the plate, with their republican colleagues, to help adopt legislation to prohibit men from participating in the sports of girls and women.
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The legend of Tennis Martina Navratilova during the trophy presentations, which she presented with Chris Evert after the female final in single at the Court Philippe-Chatrier during the Tennis Tennis of the Open of France 2024 in Roland Garros on June 8, 2024 in Paris. (Tim Clayton / Corbis via Getty Images)
At the beginning of the year, Navratilova criticized the Democratic legislators who killed the law on the protection of women and girls in sport. The legend of tennis called on democrats to “develop a spine” in an article on social networks.
President Donald Trump signed the executive decree “No Men in Women’s Sports” in February, and Navratilova deplored that the Democrats did not do what the president did.
“I hate that Democrats have completely failed women and girls about this very clear problem of being female sporting for women only,” she wrote in an article on X.
She then asked Democrats a question when some states embarked on Trump’s decree.
Martina Navratilova at a joint press conference with Chris Evert in the United States, day 5 of the SEGUROS WTA Finals Cancun 2023 GNP, which is part of Hologic WTA Tour, on November 2, 2023 in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (Artur Widak / Nurphoto via Getty Images)
“What are the Dems ready to abandon the men who identify themselves as trans?” She asked on X. “Abortion … The Constitution … the rule of law … it’s just for beginners …”
