Except that the sports overseeing body tested it and found out that Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges, the athlete in question, IS actually able to cast twice as far as most women.
You’re asking me to read the article, but nothing in the article stipulates as much, except an anecdote from the team coach, which doesn’t say Becky can cast 150 meters, but says “Men can.”
This is the statement from the body overseeing this sport:
Other articles about the same thing repeatedly say: “The Angling Trust has denied claims that transgender women have a physical advantage in fishing.”
So if the Angling Trust is defending her, and they aren’t changing the rules unless told to by a larger sports body, who is this sports body that “proved” this, then?
Jamie Cook, chief executive of the Angling Trust, said: 'As the national governing body for angling, the question we are required to address by Sport England is whether the sport of angling is gender impacted to an extent where fairness overrides inclusion or safety.
‘The view of the Angling Trust board is that as a non-contact sport, the safety concern is not deemed significant within the sport of angling.’
There are literally zero articles that support the idea that a sports overseeing body tested it and found out. I think you’re fucking misreading this shit, man. But I suppose that’s what you got for taking anything printed in The Daily Fail seriously.
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You’re asking me to read the article, but nothing in the article stipulates as much, except an anecdote from the team coach, which doesn’t say Becky can cast 150 meters, but says “Men can.”
This is the statement from the body overseeing this sport:
https://anglingtrust.net/2023/06/13/angling-trust-clarifies-transgender-participation-policy-following-england-ladies-shore-team-resignations/
Other articles about the same thing repeatedly say: “The Angling Trust has denied claims that transgender women have a physical advantage in fishing.”
So if the Angling Trust is defending her, and they aren’t changing the rules unless told to by a larger sports body, who is this sports body that “proved” this, then?
There are literally zero articles that support the idea that a sports overseeing body tested it and found out. I think you’re fucking misreading this shit, man. But I suppose that’s what you got for taking anything printed in The Daily Fail seriously.