USA Cycling finally gets it – the part about males having significant physical advantages over women in athletics. This organization is preventing transgender competition. The NCAA needs to act.
Leia Genis, a 25-year-old man who placed second in the Elite Individual Pursuit women’s competition over the weekend, was stripped of his silver medal and is now disallowed from competing again in the 2022 Junior & Elite Track National Championships. In the victory podium Twitter photo, he is seen on the left, towering over his rivals.
The Washington Times reported, “USA Cycling updated its press release Friday by deleting a reference to Genis and elevating third-place finisher Skyler Espinoza to the runner-up slot. Cyclist Elizabeth Stevenson, who placed fourth in the Wednesday competition, was credited as the bronze medalist.”
Genis shared the news on his Instagram account. “…as I was preparing for the mass start races, a USA Cycling official informed me that I was no longer allowed to compete and that my place on the IP podium was to be revoked on account of my trans identity.
“Six weeks ago, I was eligible for competition at UCI C1 and C2 races held at the same velodrome and overseen by the same technical director. Yet 6 weeks later, now that I am doing well at nationals, I am suddenly ineligible to compete.”
Additionally, Genis angrily remarked, “The transphobia is so blatant it’s almost laughable.” Really? It was not to all the other women in his race. The woman who he unjustly defeated for second.
Dylan Gwinn, of Breitbart, reported this all came about because the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) changed the testosterone regulations in its policy on transgender males competing as (fake) women. This rule was changed on July 1st when transmen were required to maintain their testosterone levels below 2.5 nanomoles/Liter at all times for at least 2 years.
That’s a 50-percent reduction from the previous restriction. It’s as if chemicals can override the chromosomes. The poor bully Genis ranted about his frustration, but he’s not exactly a sympathetic figure for upsetting the competitive balance in women’s cycling. He won 10 women’s races in his masquerade as a “female.”
Genis said he was “obviously heartbroken” and continued to blather on in the attempt to portray himself as an innocent victim.:
It has been a hard-fought battle to get here, and my silver medal is deserved. Although I intend to continue training and racing, this has made me hate @usacycling. Transgender women are also women. Sport is a human rights. The right to race is mys.
The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) set the record straight on whom the victims and the victimizer actually are.:
Although USA Cycling and UCI made the correct decision to revoke the silver medal from the male cyclist in the women’s race due to rule violations, the integrity of the event had already been extinguished. This elite competition has been disrupted by a series of events that have occurred over the course of the week.
UCI’s new policy on reduced testosterone is expected to make it very difficult for males to casually amble over into the women’s division.
Valerie Richardson, of the Washington Times, said the “tougher standard may be virtually impossible for biological males to meet. The average male testosterone level runs from 7.7 to 29.4 nmol/L, while the average female range is 0.06 to 1.68 nmol/L, according to World Athletics.”
Genis wailed that being “a trans woman” in cycling is incredibly frustrating, and cried about the lack of empathy from USA Cycling. He also complained about the pelotons full of “furtive whispers and sideways glances.”
Genis is a terrible piker and no one should be sorry. The women who suffered from the sport they were pursuing and the exploiter of it deserve empathy. He needs to compete with the big boys – if he’s man enough.
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