The chief of GB Olympic cycling Sara Symington has signed a letter to stop transgender athletes competing against women, after Emily Bridges was denied a chance to compete last weekend.
The former Archery GB Performance Director is one of 76 women who have written to the world governing body, the UCI, criticising the current policy on trans athletes. The group believes the rule that states trans cyclists are allowed to compete if their testosterone levels remain below five nanomoles per litre for twelve months, should be rescinded because it is unfair.
They wrote: “Recently female athletes in the UK have shown you that they were willing to boycott their own National Championships to get the UCI and British Cycling to hear their concerns about fairness in sport. That is how seriously female athletes are taking this issue and we greatly respect what our sisters were willing to sacrifice to have their voices heard. We are saddened that this should ever have been necessary."
