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The transgender athlete athlete Ab Hernandez won two first-class medals to the California State Championships earlier this month and, on Saturday, laughed.
Jurupa athlete Valley High School was at the center of the controversy surrounding the participation of transgender athletes in California High School Athletics. He aroused the conviction of President Donald Trump and the duel of prosecution between the Ministry of Justice and the State.
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The winners of first place Ab Hernandez, on the left, and Jillene Wetteland share a light moment before the medal ceremony for the height jump to the track and field championships of the California high school in Clovis, California, on Saturday May 31, 2025. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
The California’s interscolastic federation has even made a change to allow organic women to receive first place medals if their position was moved by a transgender athlete.
“It’s really crazy. I get a lot of hatred comments, but I don’t care,” Hernandez told Kcra-TV, laughing. “I am a 16 year old girl with a crazy attitude – Do you think I’m going to care?”
According to the station, Hernandez tried to avoid ramp fires before it was revealed that the athlete has identified as transgender. Hernandez finished third in the final of the girl jumping state in 2024 before winning the event as a junior in 2025. Hernandez also won the girls’ height jump this year.
Ab Hernandez, in the center, flashes a sign while she shares first place on the podium with Jillene Wetteland, on the left, and Lelani Laruelle during a medal ceremony for the high jump to the California High School track championship in Clovis, California, Saturday, May 31, 2025. On the right, third place in Julia Teven. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
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Hernandez called the demonstrations that followed “weird” and promised to take a criticism page and not to go back from the competition.
“I did what I wanted to do,” Hernandez told the station. “I got into everything, so that’s what I was really aiming to do. All this backlash, I’m just like, I played by Best and that’s all that concerned me.”
It is not clear if the new rules will be implemented in California for next season.
Ab Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley high school, poses for photos with her medals at the California High School track championships in Clovis, California, on Saturday May 31, 2025. (Ap photo / Jae C. Hong)
Trump signed the executive decree “No Men in Women’s Sports” in February, prohibiting schools from allowing men to compete in the sports of girls and women. California was one of the five states that saw transgender athletes win medals in the championships during the sports season at the Lycée 2024-25.
