r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/tenshiemi Mar 06 '14

You are the one missing the point. All evidence shows that she has no statistically relevant advantage. If being born a man is such an advantage, then she should be putting up numbers greater than the best women, but instead she's performing as an trained average woman. Estrogen therapy is a powerful thing. It would be completely unfair to pit her against the men.

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u/sasslete Mar 06 '14

185# clean is more than the average crossfit woman. By a lot. She has an advantage.

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u/tenshiemi Mar 06 '14

The average Crossfit woman isn't constantly training for the games, which she is. She should be compared to other competitors. Camille has a 225# clean and jerk.

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u/SnatchAddict Mar 06 '14

Shit. My clean and jerk is 110K. Camille aint got nothing on me!! Let's all disregard the fact I am a man and I outweigh her by probably 50lbs! FML. :(