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Trump vows ‘large scale fines’ after transgender athlete wins California track and field events

  • Donald Trump announced plans to levy substantial penalties on California after transgender athlete AB Hernandez won events at the state track and field championships held in Clovis.
  • The fines follow California laws and CIF rules allowing trans athletes to compete, including a recent policy letting cisgender athletes share medals if displaced by trans competitors.
  • Trump targeted Governor Gavin Newsom in a Truth Social post warning against trans athletes' participation and threatened withholding federal funds under a February executive order banning trans women and girls in women's sports.
  • The competition saw both cheers and isolated protests with some chanting 'No boys in girl sports', while Hernandez and co-medalist Brooke White showed mutual respect, with White calling Hernandez a superstar.
  • The event sparked legal threats from the Department of Justice and ongoing debate about fairness and discrimination, with key figures urging empathy and education regarding transgender athletes in sports.
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U.S. President Donald Trump promised "large-scale fines" against the state of California for allowing a transgender teenager to compete in a local athletics tournament, in which the student won several medals. "A biological man competed in the California State Women's Finals, winning big, despite the fact that they were warned by me not to do so," Trump wrote Tuesday morning on his Truth Social network. The president added that Governor Gavin Ne…

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Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump promised “large-scale fines” against the state of California for allowing a transgender teenager to compete in a local athletics tournament, in which the student won several medals.

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USA Today broke the news in United States on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
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