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Transgender Runner Offers To Give Back Medal After Beating 14,000 Women In Marathon, Says ‘I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong’

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Women's elite race start during the TCS London Marathon. Picture date: Sunday April 23, 2023.
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Transgender runner Glenique Frank, a male who identifies as a transgender woman, is offering to give his finisher’s medal back after he outperformed approximately 14,000 women in the women’s category of the London Marathon.

“If they want me to give my medal back, I’ll say, ‘OK, fine. No problem,’” the 54-year-old told the New York Post. “If they really think I’ve stolen the place [of a female runner], I don’t mind giving the medal back, because I’ll run again next year for charity.”

“But I don’t want to apologize, because I didn’t do anything wrong,” Frank continued. “They’re angry because they’re saying that one of 14,000 women behind me could have had my place. Really? I did [the race in] 4 hours 11 minutes. There’s lots of women that beat me.”

“I get it … I’m not a woman, I don’t have a womb,” Frank added. “But I didn’t compete as an elite, so I didn’t steal any money.”

Frank stated that the registration form for the marathon listed three possible categories: male, female, and other. “I ticked ‘female’ because I see myself as female,” Frank said.

Two-time Olympian Mara Yamauchi slammed Frank on social media after seeing the results of the race.

“This male ran in yesterday’s #LondonMarathon as Glenique Frank in the female category (Mass race) finishing in 6160th place out of 20123,” Yamauchi wrote. “So nearly 14,000 actual females suffered a worse finish position bc of him.”

“Last month, he ran in the Tokyo Marathon, as Glen Frank, also in the F category, finishing 2829th out of 8609. So nearly 6000 females in worse finish position,” she continued. “Last Nov, he ran the NYC Marathon as Glen Frank in the men’s category, finishing 14,096th out of 26,539.”

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“Since 31 March, @WorldAthletics & @BritAthletics have banned post-puberty males from the F category,” she added. “Under UKA transitional arrangements, males who had already entered races in the F category could still race. I assume this is how Frank was allowed to race yesterday. Nevertheless, males in the F category is UNFAIR for females.”

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