{"id":408898,"date":"2024-07-03T02:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408898"},"modified":"2024-07-03T05:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T05:05:53","slug":"transgender-non-binary-runner-qualifies-for-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408898","title":{"rendered":"Transgender non-binary runner qualifies for Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffn American runner will become the second transgender non-binary person to compete at an Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nikki Hiltz blitzed their final at the US athletic<\/a> trials to ensure her spot on the team for Paris later this month.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHiltz cruised ahead of Elle St Pierre and Emily Mackay in the final stretch of their 1500m race to cross the line first in 3:55:33.<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old identifies as transgender non-binary and uses the pronouns they\/them.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHiltz was born a biological female and so is permitted to compete professionally in women's events.<\/p>\n

The International Olympic Committee updated its guidelines around transgender athletes in 2021 and defers to the governing bodies of individual sport\ufeffs.<\/p>\n

\"Nikki<\/p>\n

World Athletics \ufeffdoes not permit transgender women who went through male puberty to compete in women's events. Non-binary athletes are not specifically covered in the World Athletics code, but Hiltz is permitted to compete given they never went through male puberty.<\/p>\n

At Tokyo 2020, Canadian football player \ufeffQuinn became the first openly transgender non-binary athlete to compete at an Olympics.<\/p>\n

"I'm not sure when this will fully sink in," Hiltz wrote on social media after qualifying for Paris.<\/p>\n

"All I know is today I'm 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."<\/p>\n

"Elle St Pierre has elevated women's distance running," they said after the win.<\/p>\n

"I saw the time, and I didn't think that was possible… We all had to rise because of her."<\/p>\n

Hiltz said they are proud to represent the LGBTQ community at the Games.<\/p>\n

"This is bigger than just me. It's the last day of Pride Month … I wanted to run this one for my community," they said.<\/p>\n

"All the LGBT folks, yeah, you guys brought me home that last hundred [metres]. I could just feel the love and support."\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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