Former Olympian Sharron Davies has compared trans athletes with doping cheats and claimed the inclusion of trans athletes has resulted in women being “discriminated” against. The former athlete from Plymouth made the comments on LBC following American swimmer Lia Thomas’ landmark victory in the women’s 500-yard freestyle at the United States college championships. The 22-year-old…
I don’t want trans athletes excluded but Lia Thomas has proven we must have fair competition for females – bodies do sport, not feelings… No rules can reverse the advantage of male puberty. When Lia Thomas competed as a man she was outside the top 500 of the NCAA Having transitioned, she has become the…
A number of Olympic stars have praised Boris Johnson for diving into the row about transgender athletes after he said biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports. Speaking to broadcasters during a hospital visit on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said he was “immensely sympathetic” to people wanting to change their gender but that trans women…
Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies leads praise for PM as he says ‘trans women should NOT be competing in female events’ and questions children’s ability to make gender choices – amid Tory row over conversion therapy ban. The Prime minister said parents must have ‘involvement at the very least’ in their child’s gender decision His intervention…
As featured in Bath Life, Issue 466, 25th March – 8 April 2022 A whole host of celebrity guests donned hard hats and high vis vests to lend their support to the Cleveland Pools Trust’s Crowdfunder campaign in support of ongoing restoration work of Britain’s oldest outdoor swimming pool. Kris Marshall, Jonathan Dimbleby, Sharron Davies,…