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Petition Urges International Olympic Committee to Revoke Caitlyn Jenner's Olympic Title
A petition posted to change.org is asking the International Olympic Committee to take back the gold medal Caitlyn Jenner won in the decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.
"We congratulate Ms. Jenner on these new developments and wish her the best," the petition states. "However, this creates somewhat of a problem as Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is) claims that she has always believed herself to be truly female, and therefore, was in violation of committee rules regarding women competing in men's sports and vice versa."...
n the case of Caitlyn Jenner, the point is moot. While Jenner has said she has always known she was a woman, at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, she was not taking hormone therapy. (Furthermore, had she been taking hormones to suppress her natural testosterone, she'd have been at a distinct disadvantage against her male competitors.)...
Apparently unaware that the women's decathlon is not an Olympic sport, Bradford writes, "It is only fair to all involved that women receive their credit as champions of the Decathalon (sic) and that the men racing Ms. Jenner are not expected to compete with a superior, streamlined being such as herself."
"We congratulate Ms. Jenner on these new developments and wish her the best," the petition states. "However, this creates somewhat of a problem as Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is) claims that she has always believed herself to be truly female, and therefore, was in violation of committee rules regarding women competing in men's sports and vice versa."...
n the case of Caitlyn Jenner, the point is moot. While Jenner has said she has always known she was a woman, at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, she was not taking hormone therapy. (Furthermore, had she been taking hormones to suppress her natural testosterone, she'd have been at a distinct disadvantage against her male competitors.)...
Apparently unaware that the women's decathlon is not an Olympic sport, Bradford writes, "It is only fair to all involved that women receive their credit as champions of the Decathalon (sic) and that the men racing Ms. Jenner are not expected to compete with a superior, streamlined being such as herself."
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https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/international-olympic-committee-responds-to-petition-seeking-to-revoke-caitlyn-jenner-s-gold-medal-160628464.html
In. Your. Face. Bigots!
The International Olympic Committee has made its first statement about Caitlyn Jenner's transition to a woman, responding to an online petition requesting that the organization, which runs the Olympic Games, revoke the gold medal Caitlyn (then Bruce) won during the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
In its response to the petition, IOC Communications Director Mark Adams tells Yahoo, "Bruce Jenner won his gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games and there is no issue for the IOC."
The IOC has had difficulty in the past defining the difference between men and women as it pertains to athletic competition. While it's rare, several athletes — mostly women — have been found to have genetic anomalies which place them somewhere in between traditional labels of "male" and "female." In 2012, the IOC announced it would allow transgender athletes to compete against their chosen peers, assuming they meet three criteria: the athlete must have had gender reassignment surgery, the athlete must have legal recognition of his or her assigned gender in his or her home country, and the athlete must have completed at least two years of hormone therapy.
In the day since Yahoo published its initial story about the petition, more than 10,000 people have signed and the petition's writer has expanded the goal to 15,000. It appears to be all for naught, however, as the IOC's statment makes their position pretty clear: Caitlyn Jenner will keep her hard-won medal.
In its response to the petition, IOC Communications Director Mark Adams tells Yahoo, "Bruce Jenner won his gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games and there is no issue for the IOC."
The IOC has had difficulty in the past defining the difference between men and women as it pertains to athletic competition. While it's rare, several athletes — mostly women — have been found to have genetic anomalies which place them somewhere in between traditional labels of "male" and "female." In 2012, the IOC announced it would allow transgender athletes to compete against their chosen peers, assuming they meet three criteria: the athlete must have had gender reassignment surgery, the athlete must have legal recognition of his or her assigned gender in his or her home country, and the athlete must have completed at least two years of hormone therapy.
In the day since Yahoo published its initial story about the petition, more than 10,000 people have signed and the petition's writer has expanded the goal to 15,000. It appears to be all for naught, however, as the IOC's statment makes their position pretty clear: Caitlyn Jenner will keep her hard-won medal.
In. Your. Face. Bigots!
and one thing Keith said was that they should give her another gold medal as she kicked all the guys's asses..... 
Love him.... 
Last edited Thu Jun 4, 2015, 07:00 PM - Edit history (2)
How? Jenner may have BELIEVED he actually was a woman at the time, but he WASN'T actually a woman at the time!
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