McDaniel High School sophomore Aayden Gallagher being booed by a crowd of onlookers as she crossed the finish line first in the 200-meter race at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Track and Field State Championships on Saturday.
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Nikki Hiltz and Emma Gee return to the Ali on the Run Show as they both prepare to compete at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials in Eugene, OR. Nikki is hoping to make their first Olympic team in the 1500m, while Emma achieved her longtime goal to make it to the starting line of the 3000m steeplechase, and now has a new goal for the event. They talk about their coach/athlete/partner relationship, about how they're each feeling heading into the Trials, and about what they do to set themselves up for success on race day.
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What you’ll get on this episode: How Nikki and Emma are each feeling heading into the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials (2:45) What Nikki and Emma are packing for Eugene (7:30) Nikki’s approach to the Trials and the pressure that comes with competing when you’re at the top of your game (10:25) All about Emma’s goal to qualify for the 2024 Trials (15:10) Nikki and Emma talk about their coach/athlete/partner dynamic (24:35) How Nikki and Emma set themselves up for success on race day (27:40) What it’s been like being followed by a documentary crew (36:20) How Emma has approached her training (51:35) How Nikki approaches each round of competition (54:00)
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Although world athletics just banned them, I wonder if Hiltz would feel the same way if a biological male claiming to be female placed 3rd in this years trials and she placed 4th, taking her spot.
Im pretty sure she would hate it. If DSD athletes,and trans athletes came out,and dominated, nikki would not be so supportive.
NIkki has stated publicly that they support Caster Semenya and they have no issue with DSD athletes competing. You are going to have to find a different made-up, bullsh!t idea to spread hate.
Lol. The only reason Nikki is a professional runners is because there is a women’s division. The only reason this booed runner was at the state meet is because they should have been in the boys division but were allowed in the girls. If you want to be sad be sad this kid was allowed to do this in the first place.
seriously, I do not give a rats a$ flying colorful f**k about Nikki's thoughts on this issue.
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I give f-all what Nikki thinks.
If I could ask anyone what they think, it would be the girls (all of them) who were displaced by this XY human in every race all year, and certainly including the state meet participants.
The girl denied a state title, the girls who got the wrong medals and points, the girl knocked out the finals, the girls on teams that didn't score what they should have... I want to know how they feel, and have them be able to express it without fear of reprisals.
There are a lot of victims in this and the XY human ain't one of them.
The people who enable men with transexualism deserve far worse than boos.
The people suffering the disease deserve respect after they're cured, but until then no amount of force that would keep them away from real girls is too much.
Nothing would be more awesome than a transgender woman running in the women's 1500 at trials next week and nipping Nikki for that third Olympic spot.
It would be great to see the Left eat it's own, but you do not understand the depth of the rot. She would be EXTREMELY happy if a transexual man took her spot as it would represent a major triumph of her religion. You are thinking from the perspective of a normal person-- leftists gladly would sacrifice themselves/their family if it meant the advance of Leftism.
So murder? Torture? Rape? Death threats? Internment camps? Chemical sterilization? Before you say I'm twisting your words, reread what you wrote. You literally said that no amount of force is too much, so what exactly are you advocating?
This might be harsh but I think it's a moral hazard to not boo. There has to be a stigma attached to males competing in the women's division. Imagine the amount of narcistic entitlement involved when a man decides they want to compete against women -- maybe a negative reaction will make some of them think twice.
Honestly and sincerely, I do not follow what you're saying. If a teenager identifies as a sex they weren't born as, they should be considered an adult?
Let's just put that aside because as I stated earlier, I'm not here to debate whether or with whom transgender athletes should be competing. But I do take issue with how the discourse is being handled. I'm asking you to legitimately engage with me for a second:
What do you actually want? If I gave you a magic wand, what do you want to see happen? Transgendered athletes competing in an open category, or a trans category, transgendered kids barred from competing all together. Maybe transgenderism not existing at all?
Again, I'm not here to make a judgement on you based on your values or beliefs on transgenderism. Before we come up with a solution, we need to define the destination. This is an online forum, where the nuance of tone, facial expressions, and body language don't exist. So, when someone says point blank "no amount of force is too much," I don't know if that person is being hyperbolic to prove a point, or sarcastic, or maybe just negligent in their word use. Does this person actually want a solution to the issue, or do they just want to be mad about something?That language can absolutely be interpreted as a call for violence. And that's my problem with how this issue is being handled. So, if you want open categories, or whatever, just say that outright.
So again, I ask -- and I'll even treat them like an adult like you wish -- why is is appropriate to personally attack this person? What does it achieve? Are we trying to solve an issue or just trying to tear down an individual -- who again is competing as the rules allow?
seriously, I do not give a rats a$ flying colorful f**k about Nikki's thoughts on this issue.
Thank god you gave us your opinion then
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That's who (GOD ALMIGHTY) she needs to be focusing more on and not her sexual orientation. It's becoming her SOLE identity and that is off putting to me.
My goodness Nikki be a MF athlete, because straight athletes aren't running around broadcasting and jumping on every bandwagon pertaining to their orientation. She's fast becoming an unwelcome nuisance. 😳
I'm not sure why you assume narcissistic entitlement. Isn't it possible that a teen's thought process is "I like to run. I don't feel like I have the right body. The rules say I must compete in this category, so that's what I'll do?" I'm not sure there's always some nefarious explanation going on.
But, to your main argument, I ask what is the collateral damage that you -- that we as a society are willing to accept? Since you frame this as a moral hazard, you seem to understand that there will be negative fall out of some sort, but that it's greater for the good. There's plenty of studies demonstrating the extremely high suicide and self harm rate amongst transgendered teens and adults. So it's really not a leap of logic to say, "hey, maybe we shouldn't have large groups of people hurling vitriol and publicly humiliating people who are likely suicidal." I just don't get how that improves the situation for anybody. "Sorry your teammate slit their wrists, girls, but we really needed to prove a point."
This notion that gender and sex are not the same thing has to be the least scientific claim I've witnessed in my entire adult life. Not only that, the validation required by society to use the language (pronouns) of this mentally unstable minority shows that most people are sheep willing to do whatever they're told. Of course, we learned this during covid when people complied with the silliest and most harmful regulations while those creating the regulations ignored them entirely.