{"id":289742,"date":"2023-04-26T01:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289742"},"modified":"2023-04-26T01:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T01:59:29","slug":"backlash-as-trans-runner-beats-14000-women-in-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289742","title":{"rendered":"Backlash as trans runner beats 14,000 women in marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

A transgender<\/a> athlete has defended her decision to take part in the London Marathon after an Olympian accused the runner of exploiting a loophole to participate.<\/p>\n

Glenique Frank, 54, finished in front of about 14,000 of her competitors, in a time of 4hr 11min 28sec. She finished in 6,160th place.<\/p>\n

The personal trainer\ufeff ran in the 50-54 female age bracket but had not undergone gender reassignment surgery.<\/p>\n

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That led to criticism by Olympian Mara Yamauchi who hit out at organisers for allowing Frank to compete in the race, which allowed transgender athletes who had already signed up to keep their place.<\/p>\n

Any athlete who had already entered into a category that was not their biological sex was still permitted to compete, despite UK Athletics announcing it would ban transgender athletes at its licensed events on May 31.<\/p>\n

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Frank, a personal trainer,\ufeff who ran in the 50-54 age bracket, has not undergone gender reassignment surgery<\/p>\n

"Males in the [female] category is UNFAIR for females," Yamauchi tweeted.<\/p>\n

"Nearly 14,000 actual females suffered a worse finish position [because] of Frank," she added.<\/p>\n

Frank said she has not cheated but apologised for entering in the female category. She defended her decision to run in the marathon, saying she has "served my country because of all the money I've raised" for the charity Whizz-Kidz.<\/p>\n

She told MailOnline: \ufeff "How can they say that I've cheated, who have I cheated? I did it in four hours and 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

"I'm going to apologise, I should have entered under the male category but I wasn't taking any advantage over another female. I've just entered as a general public [participant] and I'm raising money for charity."<\/p>\n

Frank said she ran in the Tokyo and New York marathons as Glen Frank 'because my passport is male and I haven't had surgery".<\/p>\n

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"I apologise for entering under the female category because I haven't had surgery yet," Frank said.<\/p>\n

"I wasn't intending to mislead the public, but I apologise for entering under the female category.<\/p>\n

"At the end of the day, I'm not winning the race or prize money so I haven't cheated any other athletes out of their prize."<\/p>\n

Yamauchi added that "some people say that if males are on the podium, it matters, but not if they finish lower down.<\/p>\n

"What this effectively says is that women and girls who are not that good at sport don't deserve fairness, which I think is appalling."<\/p>\n

Frank now has plans to compete in both the Berlin and Chicago Marathons this year before running in Boston and London in April 2024.<\/p>\n

She added: "I'm here to spread joy and happiness, and I'm raising money.<\/p>\n

"I'm just the best version of me because you don't know what I've been going through for 30 years. I've got no regrets."<\/p>\n

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