"Just not fair": Australia's most-decorated Olympian's trans stance
Olympic star Emma McKeon has taken a stance against transgender athletes competing in women’s sport.
The five-time gold medallist said “it’s just not fair” to be competing against transgender athletes during a seminar at Griffith University.
Her comments came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison backs Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves, who caused an uproar by declaring trans teenagers are “surgically mutilated” and that the rainbow Pride flag “triggers” her.
"I personally wouldn't want to be racing against someone who is biologically a male, so that's a concern," McKeon said.
"It's not a new thing, but it's new in that sport, swimming, are going to have to deal with it."
McKeon believes it won’t “come to the point” where she is competing against a transgender opponent.
“I don't think I'm going to have to race against a trans swimmer, I don't think it's going to come to that point,” she continued.
“But now that it's a growing thing, the sport has to think about how to handle it and how to deal with it, because you do want to be inclusive, but you don't want to have females racing against swimmers who are biologically male because it's just not fair.”
Laurel Hubbard from New Zealand competed in women’s weightlifting at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics which sparked a debate on the fairness of the competition.
New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard sparked debate when she competed in women's weightlifting at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Australia’s Hannah Mouncey, a former men’s national handball player wanted to compete in AFLW and was rejected with the AFL being taken to court.
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