Biological male athlete, Cara Dixon, is currently approximately 362km ahead of the following cyclist in the women’s Trans Atlantic Way bike race.
Dixon’s current route mileage is 1970.1 km while the current route mileage of female cyclist behind Hillary Allen who is in second place is 1607.8 km
Currently in third place with a rout mileage of 1565.8 km is Gillian Power, while Fran Bromley follows in fourth place with a route mileage of 1541.5 km
The distance between the woman in 2nd place, and the woman in 5th place, is less than 70km.
The British Dixon won the women’s class at the 200km Dirty Reiver gravel race in the UK last month, beating second place by over an hour. Dixon was 19th in the men’s class.
Commenting on the situation Former Irish Times sports editor Mary-Anne McNulty said, “This is not fair. This competitor has a clear physical advantage. Bodies play sport; not identities. There are sex and age categories for a reason,”
This is not fair. This competitor has a clear physical advantage. Bodies play sport; not identities. There are sex and age categories for a reason. https://t.co/RKs3TAwbQi
— Mary-Anne McNulty (@Mary_A_McNulty) June 10, 2023
Last month World Athletics, the governing body for track and field and other running
competitions, announced that ‘transgender women’ who went through male puberty can no longer compete in women’s events at international competitions. The policy took effect on 31 March.
The body also ruled that to compete as a woman, athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), who have congenital conditions that cause atypical sex development, must have a testosterone level below 2.5 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L) for at least 24 months before an international competition.
The live route mileage of competitors in this year’s Trans Atlantic Way can be viewed here.
Gript has contacted the organisers of Trans Atlantic Way but are yet to receive a response.