{"id":2288533,"date":"2024-07-03T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:54:37","slug":"transgender-runner-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Runner Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftransgender-runner-qualifies-for-u-s-olympic-team%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=2288533&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--><p>The article discusses \u2063the inclusion of <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 athlete<\/a> Nikki Hiltz in the\u2064 U.S. Olympic team. Hiltz identifies as non-binary and \u2063competes in the category\u200b aligned \u2063with her \u2063sex. She recently \u2064won \u2063the \u2063women&#8217;s \u200d1,500-meter\u200b final at the U.S. Olympic \u2063Trials, qualifying for the\u2064 Summer Olympics in Paris. \u2064The International Olympic Committee allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">transgender athletes<\/a> \u2062to compete \u200bunder certain conditions. Hiltz expressed gratitude for the support from the \u200cLGBTQ+ community and her achievement.\u200d The Paris Olympics begin on \u200bJuly 26.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 3, 2024 at 7:34am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It\u2019s official: A transgender athlete is on the U.S. Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the athlete in question, 29-year-old Nikki Hiltz, will be competing in the category that correctly aligns with her sex.<\/p>\n<p>Hiltz, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/athletics-marathon-debutant-hassan-curious-ahead-of-london-race-mccolgan-withdraws\/\" title=\"Athletics-Marathon debutant Hassan \u2018curious\u2019 ahead of London race, McColgan withdraws\">middle-distance runner<\/a>, is a woman who identifies as \u201cnon-binary,\u201d meaning she claims she is neither a man nor a woman. She uses the pronouns \u201cthey\u201d and \u201cthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, she won the women\u2019s 1,500-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, qualifying for this month\u2019s Summer Olympics in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/transgender-runner-nikki-hiltz-headed-paris-olympics-rcna159741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> declared.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz punched their ticket to Paris after winning the 1500 meter race at Sunday\u2019s U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMqyVga1fR\">https:\/\/t.co\/WMqyVga1fR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1807927534304051487?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the qualifier, Hiltz talked about how glad she was to have garnered the achievement on the final day of LGBT \u201cpride\u201d month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is bigger than just me. It\u2019s the last day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride month<\/a>. \u2026 I wanted to run this one for my community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the LGBT folks, yeah, you guys brought me home that last hundred [meters]. I could just feel the love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3aRTiNiR_w?si=UU8JKCfjFPLXTBLm&#038;start=347\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hiltz set an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/caitlin-clark-gets-court-revenge-3-players-picked-ahead-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic<\/a> trial record for the 1,500-meter race, coming in at 3:55:33, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The second and third-place runners, Ellen St. Pierre and Emily Mackay, also qualified to represent the U.S. at the Olympics in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Monday, Hiltz said going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michael-phelps-begs-congress-take-action-month-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympics<\/a> was a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]oke up an Olympian,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday afternoon in Eugene Oregon a childhood dream of mine came true. I\u2019m not sure when this will fully sink in\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know is today I\u2019m waking up just so grateful for my people, overwhelmed by all the love and support, and filled with joy that I get to race people I deeply love and respect around a track for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C84lrLKJzNQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/international-olympic-committee-declares-transwomen-are-women-as-laurel-hubbard-prepares-to-compete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Olympic Committee<\/a> allows transgender athletes to compete in certain events and under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>In track and field, <a href=\"https:\/\/worldathletics.org\/news\/press-releases\/council-meeting-march-2023-russia-belarus-female-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Athletics<\/a> dictates that men who went through puberty cannot compete in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>However, the policy does allow women who claim to be men to compete in men\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p>All that\u2019s required for the second group is \u201csigned declarations of their gender identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A female who identifies as trans earned a spot on the U.S. women\u2019s Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder why she didn\u2019t try out for the men\u2019s team. It\u2019s almost as if she understands she would never be able to compete or succeed at same level against the men.<\/p>\n<p>Telling<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M5Lj9G0aEi\">https:\/\/t.co\/M5Lj9G0aEi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1808190846124064773?\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Paris Olympics begin on July 26.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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