Female Cyclist Defends 'taking A Stand' On Women's Sports By Refusing To Take Podium With Trans Winner

Veteran cyclist Julie Cutts Peterson told Fox News’ "America Reports" astir why she refused to return nan podium for nan badge ceremonial aft losing to a trans competitor.

"At nan decorativeness statement I was upset. I said ‘I did not want to title against a man,’" Peterson said, recalling her vexation astatine nan event and nan measurement nan assemblage gasped astatine her comment. "In my mind I was like, ‘I tin opportunity that, I person state of speech.’ I was raised believing successful nan Bible wherever men are created by God and God created women from men, I was calved and raised successful America, wherever I learned my pronouns, and I took subject classes that taught maine astir XX and XY and I judge that astir Americans and group worldwide would support men not being successful women’s categories."

Peterson came successful 2nd spot to transgender opponent, Kate "KJ" Phillips – calved a biologic antheral – who took nan golden badge past Tuesday astatine nan Lyons Masters National Championships successful Wisconsin. She is 1 of aggregate seasoned female cyclists who are speaking out against USA Cycling aft they declare nan statement grounded to disclose nan information of a transgender jock successful a caller race.

Peterson recalled nan last sprint of nan title wherever Debbie Milne was nan only competitor up of her until "out of nowhere" came Phillips. 

"I knew astatine that sprint that that was a man’s sprint," she said, noting her extended acquisition riding among some men and women.

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Veteran cyclist Julie Cutts Peterson said to Fox News’ "America Reports" astir why she refused to return nan podium aft losing to an unexpected transgender competitor.

Peterson went connected to reason transgender ideology is not scientifically sound, declaring, "There is nary magnitude of makeup, money, aliases trading that tin alteration that Y-chromosome, and that’s why we are taking a stand."

The cyclist claimed further that nan transgender competitor’s sanction was not moreover included connected nan registration list, "which intends that we were not fixed nan accusation that he would beryllium racing successful our class earlier nan title started."

"Apparently we’re proceeding that from different athletes arsenic well," "America Reports" co-anchor Sandra Smith said, sharing a clip of Milne claiming that Phillips’ registration was wholly hidden from competitors. 

"Catherine Phillips, KJ’s name, was not connected that list. And I checked it up each nan measurement to nan constituent of closure erstwhile we couldn't registry online anymore," Milne said past Thursday connected "Fox & Friends." According to Milne, neither she nor Peterson judge nan omission of Phillips’ sanction was accidental, referring to nan incident arsenic "deception." She said Peterson later sewage confirmation Phillips had been registered since mid-June, agelong earlier nan online database closed. The cyclist added that, had she known, she mightiness person reconsidered spending hundreds of dollars and walking complete 400 miles to compete. 

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Transgender cyclist Kate Phillips won first spot astatine nan USA Cycling Lyons Masters connected July 1, arsenic second-place finisher Julie Peterson refused to guidelines connected nan podium.  (Courtesy of ICONS)

Smith besides noted that Fox News Digital had reached retired to USA Cycling, who responded by providing their transgender eligibility policy.

Smith relayed that arsenic she understood it, nan argumentation arsenic it stands is, "Quite simply it’s conscionable providing a written and signed declaration to nan cycling method head that their gender personality is female."

Peterson agreed, claiming she has a photograph of really nan registration appeared June 19th astatine 4:48 P.M., arguing that USA Cycling and Bike Reg had plentifulness of clip to show nan transgender competitor's sanction location but decided not to, an progressively increasing pattern.

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Fox News' Madison Colombo contributed to this report.