Some Democrats are still promoting trans athletes, men, competing in women’s sports. If those men have passed puberty, it is unfair. I will present some examples of world records by both sexes.

First, we’ll start with April 4, 2017, when the U.S. women’s soccer team played a U15 boys team in Dallas and lost 5-2.

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister was the first person to run the mile in less than four minutes. It was only by a few seconds, but he managed to do it. The current men’s record for the mile is 3:43:13. The current women’s record for the mile is 4:06:12, which means they haven’t broken four minutes, 71 years after Bannister did.

The women’s record for the javelin is 237.14 feet, 72.28 meters. The men’s record is 323.09 feet, or 98.48 meters.

The women’s marathon record is 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 56 seconds. The men’s record is 2 hours and 35 seconds. That means he was averaging nearly 15 miles per hour. At that speed, the man would beat the woman by more than 2 miles.

The men’s high jump record is 8.46 feet, while the women’s record is 6.88 feet.

All the training in the world wouldn’t make up that difference. These are verifiable facts and not political opinions.

I’ll let you decide if trans men competing with women is fair.

Tim Toroian

Altoona