Last week, news broke that the “first openly transgender athlete” is set to compete in the 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials; Megan Youngren, a biologically male 28-year-old runner who identifies as female, will compete at the women’s trials on February 29.
“I’m open to talking about it to people because that’s the only way you make progress on stuff like this,” Youngren said, as reported by Sports Illustrated magazine.
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