With rare exceptions, men and women compete in their own categories, from high school level through college to the Olympic games and professional sports.
Equestrian sports are an exception, but the fact that a horse is a major part of the sport reduces the sex difference between competitors.
YouTube screen grab Based on strength and power, two major determinants of success for many sports, males have a clear advantage over females.
Interestingly Sports Illustrated, at the time, called Richards "An extraordinary spectacle." Today Sports Illustrated has a man, identifying as a woman, as a cover model for their swimsuit edition.
What about a sport requiring raw strength and power, like weightlifting? Compare men and women, similar in weight class, at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In uber-woke New Zealand, "Transgender athletes could be banned from publicly funded women's sport under new Government policy." Not here though.
Otherwise, it's a mockery of women's sports, grossly unfair to woman and girl athletes who have sacrificed endless hours of practice to reach the pinnacle of their sport, only to have a man, claiming to be a woman, snatching victories, championships, and medals away under false pretenses.
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