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185. Megan Youngren set to be first openly transgender athlete to compete at U.S. Olympic marathon trials

The 29-year-old will make history on February 29 in Atlanta, where she will compete against 63 women for a spot on the Olympic team to compete at the Summer Games in Tokyo later this year.

Youngren began her transition from a male to a female when she was a college student in 2011. She also started taking hormone medication that year, and in 2012, she came out publicly as transgender. She officially finalized her transition last year, submitting the necessary paperwork.

Unlike other competitions that allow runners to qualify and participate within their gender identity, USA Track & Field more closely follows the Olympic rules which applies numerical values to athletes that determine who is and is not allowed to compete as a woman. Trans female athletes must show that their testosterone in serum is below 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months before competition. It also must remain below that line for the period of the athlete wishes to compete with their gender. These policies haven't had the same effect on Youngren as they have had on other transgender runners, such as Caster Semenya.



https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/02/13/megan-youngren-first-transgender-athlete-us-olympic-marathon-trials