UK Sport says it will support the transgender cyclist Emily Bridges with lottery funding in the buildup to the Paris 2024 Olympics if she is allowed to compete in the women’s category. The confirmation by the funding body for British Olympic and Paralympic sport came less than 24 hours after Boris Johnson said he did not believe “biological men should be competing in female sport events”.
The UK Sport chief executive, Sally Munday, said Bridges would be entitled to public funding up to £27,000 a year, plus benefits, if world cycling’s governing body, the UCI, allows her to compete as a woman and praised her “incredible resilience”.
