Poll: Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Believe Athletes Should Compete Against People Of the Same Biological Sex

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A Gallup Poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans believe athletes should compete based on biological sex, Daily Wire reports.

Recently, 29-year-old transgender athlete Ricci Tres defeated a 13-year-old girl named Shiloh Catori at a skateboarding contest in New York City. Many Americans have expressed their outrage as the issue of biological males competing against women has become a hotly contested topic.

🚨 POLL: Should athletes compete based on biological sex?
YES 👍 or NO 👎

Ricci Tres won the women’s division of The Boardr Open, which is a prize of $500. Runner-up Shiloh Catori received $250.

Four other children, including 10-year-old named Juri Iikura, finished after the transgender adult.

Professional skateboarder Taylor Silverman criticized the outcome by saying, “Male wins women’s skateboarding finals and money at the Boardr Open NYC presented by DC today.” Take a look below:

🚨 POLL: Should athletes compete based on biological sex?
YES 👍 or NO 👎

Tres is the first trans woman to attempt to quality for Olympic Women’s skateboarding.

According to International Olympic Committee (IOC) standards, Tres’ biological testosterone has reportedly tested too high to allow entry as a female competitor.

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“I will never think that a 29 year old male competing in the female competition and taking first place away from a 13 year old girl is “stunning & brave”, and I judge those who think it is,” tweeted Sall Grover.

Silverman recently posted a statement to her Instagram calling out another professional skateboarding event, held in May, for allowing a biological male to compete against women. She finished second to the biological male in that Red Bull-sponsored event, missing out on as much as $5,000 in prize money.

“‘I deserved to place first, be acknowledged for my win, and get paid,’” Silverman wrote, adding the text of an email she sent to Red Bull’s Senior Sports Marketing Manager, Erich Dummer.

Although Silverman has been assailed online for her stance against trans athletes being permitted to compete against biological females in the sport, she has also garnered widespread support.

Podcast star Tim Pool, a former competitive skateboarder, offered to pay Silverman the prize money she has lost to biological males and said mixing biological genders is particularly unfair in the sport.

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“Males in skateboarding have higher centers of gravity granting advantages that cannot be removed with [hormone replacement therapy],” Pool wrote in an online defense of Silverman.