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Trans athlete stripped of gold in World’s Strongest Woman contest
Jammie Booker was disqualified for competing in the Women’s Open category while biologically male, and Andrea Thompson was declared winner, organizers said.
- On Tuesday, officials announced the disqualification of Jammie Booker and declared Andrea Thompson the winner of the Official Strongman World Championships held Nov. 20 to Nov. 23 in Arlington, Texas.
- Colton Cross and organizers cited alleged misrepresentation after Jammie Booker competed in women’s categories defined by sex recorded at birth, which OSG requires for eligibility.
- Organizers said they could not contact the competitor after the event and launched an investigation as Iron Ape removed Booker from its roster and one unnamed sponsor dropped the athlete, while critics found a years-old YouTube video attributed to Booker.
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Panic among the organizers of the contest "World" Strongest Woman" (the strongest woman in the world) because they discovered that they crowned Jammie Booker, when she was actually a transgender woman, born a male. To testify it a series of explicit videos published on a website of entertainment for adults. To reveal the indiscretion was the second classified, Andrea Thompson, who then climbed to the first place after denouncing the fact. So the…
·Rome, Italy
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Jammie Booker became "the strongest woman in the world." But she did not give any important information before the competitions.
·Berlin, Germany
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