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From Fox News: A trans-identifying athlete won a women’s cycling event that was officially sanctioned by USA Cycling on Tuesday, prompting female opponents to protest and speak out.
The trans athlete, Kate Phillips, won first place at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Phillips beat out veteran women’s cyclist Julie Peterson for the gold, and Peterson then refused to take the podium at the medal ceremony in protest.
“You could clearly see the power that he had,” Peterson told Fox News Digital about Phillips.
Peterson said she wasn’t even aware that Phillips had registered for the event until she had already registered herself and even argued with officials about the situation.
Voicing her fury over having to compete against a biological man, Peterson said, “If I had known, I wouldn’t have spent thousands of dollars in travel and time off work to come and do a race.”
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Trans athlete wins USA Cycling women’s event as female opponents protest and speak out https://t.co/QZg44tvN3V
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 2, 2025
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