{"id":1925779,"date":"2023-05-06T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-icon-martina-navratilova-blasts-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-victory-in-new-mexico-race\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:45:34","slug":"tennis-icon-martina-navratilova-blasts-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-victory-in-new-mexico-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-icon-martina-navratilova-blasts-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-victory-in-new-mexico-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Martina Navratilova criticizes Austin Killips&#8217; win in New Mexico race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennis-icon-martina-navratilova-blasts-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-victory-in-new-mexico-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1925779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Criticizes Transgender Cyclist&#8217;s Victory<\/h2>\n<p>Tennis great Martina Navratilova took a swing at transgender cyclist Austin Killips, who won a women\u2019s race this week in New Mexico \u2013 saying \u201ctrans identified male athletes\u201d have no place in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-time Wimbledon champion spoke out after Killips, 27, became the first openly trans woman to win an official Union Cycliste Internationale stage event on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h3>Backlash and Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>Killips drew swift backlash for the victory. \u201cThe current UCI rules that allow males to compete in female cycling events are NOT fair to female athletes. Time for UCI to admit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversy-erupts-after-trans-cyclist-austin-killips-places-first-place-in-womens-race\/\" title=\"Trans cyclist Austin Killips wins women's race, sparks controversy.\">current rule situation<\/a> is unsustainable and leaving a black mark on cycling as a fair sport for females,\u201d former world champ cyclist Alison Sydor tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies also slammed the UCI. \u201cThis is beyond disappointing. Those in charge should hang their heads in shame. The UCI is not fit for purpose,\u201d Davies told The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova has previously spoken out about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-nfl-player-calls-for-separate-transgender-category-of-sports-after-biden-executive-order\/\" title=\"Retired NFL Player Calls For Separate Transgender Category Of Sports After Biden Executive Order\">transgender athletes<\/a> have an unfair advantage in sports. Last month, she also targeted Lia Thomas after the NCAA swimmer went on a podcast and described those who don\u2019t fully support her right to swim competitively in events designated for women as \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>UCI&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>The UCI has defended Killips but changed its tune the day after Navratilova\u2019s tweet \u2013 saying it will review its rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-issues-twitter-thread-allegedly-debunking-myths-about-trans-students-in-sports\/\" title=\"ACLU Issues Twitter Thread Allegedly Debunking \u2018Myths\u2019 About Trans Students In Sports\">trans athletes<\/a> and \u201canalyze the current situation,\u201d with a new decision expected in August.<\/p>\n<h3>Killips&#8217; Response<\/h3>\n<p>Killips addressed the controversy with a message on Instagram. \u201cThis win was possible thanks to the community and connections I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to build over the years through bikes,\u201d Killips wrote. \u201cAfter a week of nonsense on the internet I\u2019m especially thankful to everyone in the peloton and sport who continue to affirm that Twitter is not real life,\u201d the cyclist continued. \u201cI love my peers and competitors and am grateful for every opportunity I get to learn and grow as a person and athlete on course together,\u201d Killips added.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the debate on transgender athletes in sports continues, it is important to consider the fairness of competition for all athletes involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More On: martina navratilova Tennis star Martina Navratilova rips trans swimmer Lia Thomas for jab at feminists Tennis legend feared the worst upon double cancer diagnosis March 4, 1984: Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert at MSG Tennis legend reveals frightening diagnosis Tennis great Martina Navratilova took a swing at transgender cyclist Austin Killips, who won<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1925780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9230,3763,25728,12895,5370,12894,5069,7627],"class_list":["post-1925779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-austin","tag-criticizes","tag-killips","tag-martina","tag-mexico","tag-navratilova","tag-race","tag-win"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}