US EditionTrump vows ‘large scale fines’ after transgender athlete wins California track and field events
CALIFORNIA, JUN 3 – Trump threatens to impose large-scale federal fines on California after a transgender athlete won two gold medals and a silver at the state girls track championship, sparking a DOJ investigation.
- President Donald Trump warned he would levy substantial fines on California after 16-year-old transgender athlete AB Hernandez won multiple medals at the state track and field championships over the weekend.
- This followed California's 2013 law and a California Interscholastic Federation rule allowing transgender athletes to compete based on gender identity while ensuring cisgender athletes retain medal eligibility.
- Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High School, earned gold medals in both the high jump and triple jump events, as well as a silver medal in the long jump, while some protesters outside the competition chanted "No boys in girl sports."
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that a transgender male athlete participated in the California girls’ state finals and achieved a significant victory, despite his previous warning against allowing this to happen.
- The incident exemplifies ongoing legal and political conflicts over transgender athletes, with federal threats to withhold funding clashing against California's support for gender identity rights in school sports.
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