'We all deserve an opportunity' - riders react as two trans women finish in CX Nationals top 5

What does the sixth place finisher think? “I think we all raced well."

Trans advocates as the 2022 USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships
(Image credit: Athena Moore)

Ahead of the 2022 USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships in Hartford, CT, this past week, organizers, racers and fans alike braced themselves for another showing of protests against trans athletes competing in women’s categories.

During the 2021 championship event in Illinois, a group of “Save Women’s Sport” demonstrators took to the cyclocross grounds holding signs and heckling trans athletes.

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