This winning photo divides the sports world

The photo showing McKinnon on the winner's podium went around the world and became controversial. The Canadian, standing in the middle, is taller than her competitors, looks corpulent - yes, to put it bluntly, McKinnon looks male. An impression that is not misleading: the athlete is a trans woman. So McKinnon was born a man but identifies as a woman.

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The cyclist's victory caused a stir. “That definitely wasn’t fair,” said Jennifer Wagner angrily, who had to settle for the bronze medal in the race. And there were also critical and insulting comments under the winning photo that McKinnon posted on Twitter and Instagram. "I can't understand how someone who has the body, size and strength of a man would brag about winning a women's race," the user wrote 2351onthelist . “You didn’t win anything. You shouldn't have taken part in this race at all. “You are NOT a woman,” he said, annoyed Amigorick . How big is the advantage? On the other hand, McKinnon also received encouragement and many compliments for her performance. Nevertheless, the question arises: How big is the athlete's advantage? There isn't one, says the Canadian. “I train up to 20 hours a week, twice a day,” she wrote on Twitter and responded to the critical comments: “Exactly, I just jumped off the couch and won.” McKinnon also pointed out that, in contrast compared to her competitors, she had to prove that she had “unhealthily low testosterone levels”. This is “significantly below the average value for women.”

Either way: McKinnon is and remains the first trans woman to be crowned world champion in cycling.

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This winning photo divides the sports world

The Canadian Rachel McKinnon was crowned track cycling masters world champion in the sprint category for 35 to 44 year olds in Los Angeles at the weekend. This is now causing quite a stir.

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