Christian Olympic champion in women's wrestling prefers to compete against women only



A female Olympic gold medalist in wrestling has weighed in on men competing in women's sports, saying she prefers wrestling against men only "in practice."

Tamyra Mensah-Stock, 32, recently traveled to the Tilles Center for Performing Arts in Brookville, New York, for the sixth annual FOX Nation Patriot Awards. Wearing glasses, dreadlocks, and a gold cross around her neck, Mensah-Stock stopped to answer whether she had ever competed against so-called transwomen athletes in freestyle wrestling.

"No, thank goodness. But I know a few people that have," she replied.

When pressed about whether she might consider doing so in the future, Mensah-Stock hesitated.

"I'll just say this. I've wrestled plenty of guys in practice, and I will only wrestle them in practice — because wrestling men is very, very difficult even when they are 20 pounds smaller than me," she explained.

The thought of competing against a man in her weight class then seemed to give her further pause. "If they're the same weight as me ..." she said, trailing off. She then came to a firm conclusion: "I just keep it in practice."

'It’s just by the grace of God that I’m just able to even move my feet,' she explained. 'I just leave it in his hands.'

Mensah-Stock first captured the hearts of Americans everywhere with her exuberant demonstration of patriotism immediately after she took the gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

"I love representing the U.S. I freaking love living there," she gushed with a grin on her face and an American flag wrapped around her shoulders. "I love it, and I'm so happy I get to represent U-S-A!"

Overcome with emotion, Mensah-Stock then expressed thanks to God, crediting him with giving her the talent and means to achieve her dreams.

"It’s just by the grace of God that I’m just able to even move my feet," she explained. "I just leave it in his hands. I prayed that all of the training and practice, the hell that my freaking coaches put me through pays off. Every single time it does. I get better and better. It’s so weird that there is no cap to the limit of what I can do."

"I’m excited to see what I have next."

Because of her love of country and her honorable representation of the United States at the Olympics, Fox Nation named Mensah-Stock the Most Valuable Patriot of 2021.

In May 2023, she signed a contract with WWE to become a professional wrestler. She has not ruled out wrestling against men as part of that agreement.

The FOX Nation Patriot Awards aired on the Fox New Channel on Sunday night.

H/T: the Daily Mail

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Transgender Volleyball Player Allowed To Compete On Women’s Team, Court Rules

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WATCH: Mike Tyson gives Bill Maher his surprising take on trans athletes — 'Who are we to talk?'



A couple of years ago, Bill Maher stepped into the "Hotboxin'" studio with Mike Tyson and co-host Sebastian Joseph-Day to discuss a number of political issues, including trans athletes.

As one of the world’s most renowned athletes, Tyson had some surprising words about the notion of men competing in women’s sport divisions.

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Maher began by stating that his opposition to trans athletes (biological men) competing in women’s sports is rooted in “what the women are saying.”

They’re “saying, ‘it’s not fair to us,”’ Maher told Tyson and Joseph-Day.

“That’s not true,” Tyson said, pointing to trans tennis player Renée Richards, who “used to get beat all the time.”

“She didn’t win no championships or anything,” he argued.

“No, of course, it doesn’t happen all the time, but, I mean, the big case now is this Lia Thomas,” Maher countered, suggesting “a trans category” as the solution.

“So listen, they allowed [trans women athletes] to participate. Who are we to talk?” Tyson said in response.

“Mike, can you imagine going into the ring against a woman with you in your prime or even now? ... It would be a bloodbath,” Maher said.

To hear the rest of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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A post shared on social media purports that the men’s swim team has refused to compete with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Verdict: False The claim stems from a satirical article. Fact Check: Thomas recently lost the case for trans women to be allowed to compete in the women’s division of the Olympics, according to NBC News. The Court […]

Influential high school administrator in Hawaii shrugs as boy competes in girls' track and field state championships



At least one male student was permitted to compete in the high school girls' track and field state championships in Hawaii last weekend, but a high-ranking official who helps determine state policies regarding high school athletics does not believe the male participant created an unfair competition.

Dean Cevallos is the principal of Kea'au High School, near Hilo on the Island of Hawaii. He is also the president of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation and the vice president of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, which means he has power over the way high school athletics in his state are governed.

According to an X thread from the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, 'several' of the girls' relay teams at Kea'au High School — the same high school that Cevallos oversees — had two males on them, and at least one of those relay teams participated in the state championship

Cevallos told Island News that he knew a trans-identifying athlete — presumed to be a boy presenting as a girl — would be participating in the state's track and field competition but said that trans-identifying athletes competing as their gender identity does not violate Title IX or the spirit of fair play.

"I'm not troubled," Cevallos said. "I've read Title IX. I know what its contents are. I don't have an issue with it. I'm not going to interpret what it is that we as a Department of Education are asked to follow. I try to make it fair for all my students, whatever we do, and I make sure we follow our policies."

The Hawaii State Department of Education, Civil Rights Compliance Branch — which adopted "respect diversity" as its official mission — considers "gender identity and gender expression" to be subdivisions of the protected "sex" category.

Cevallos claimed he had not received any complaints about trans-identifying athletes participating in cross-sex competition and did not know how many such athletes would participate in the 2024 state track and field championships.

According to an X thread from the Independent Council on Women’s Sports, "several" of the girls' relay teams at Kea'au High School — the same high school that Cevallos oversees — had two males on them, and at least one of those relay teams participated in the state championship. Kea'au High School even went so far as to give one of those two trans-identifying boys its female Outstanding Athlete award, ICONS claimed.

ICONS further reported that the mother of one of the two Kea'au High School trans athletes insisted she actually has two sons on the Kea'au track team who identify as girls, though one of them apparently competes against other boys. "Two of these BEAUTIFUL transgender GIRLS are MY DAUGHTERS," an account named _sheylyn_ wrote on social media in response to Island News' report, according to a screenshot from ICONS.

"These are KIDS we are talking bout," sheylen added.

"Because of this [report] my daughter does not feel safe!!"

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Riley Gaines drops never-before-heard details on trans teammate; tells Joe Rogan ALL



Joe Rogan is no stranger to platforming some of the most interesting and controversial voices on his podcast, and his episode with Riley Gaines is no different.

Gaines tells Rogan about her experiences sharing swim competitions with two trans identifying individuals — one a biological woman and one a biological man.

“We were told we fully had to treat this person as a woman, right?” Gaines says of trans woman Lia Thomas. “The same national championships we had another athlete who was transitioning, but this athlete is a female who was then self-identifying as a man from Yale.”

“Top eight women in the entire country, and you’ve got a 6'4” man in a women’s swimsuit with the bulge next to a woman wearing only a Speedo with nothing covering her top,” Gaines adds.

“I’m sitting there watching this, I’m thinking to myself, 'It’s me, I’m the crazy one, it must be. This is the freaking Twilight Zone,'” she says.

Gaines then shares the story that forced her to be honest about how she felt with Thomas on her team.

Thomas swam the 500 freestyle, won a national title, and beat out American Olympic record holders by “body lengths,” Gaines explains.

“Even the time he went last year would have beat every girl in the country this past season by nearly two full seconds, making him the first man to win a division one NCAA women’s title,” she says, jokingly calling him a “trailblazer.”

However, Gaines was able to tie Thomas in the 200 freestyle — but because they only had one trophy, they gave it to Thomas instead of her.

“I asked the question that no one dared ask all season, and I said, ‘Why?’” Gaines recalls. “He realized that he didn’t have a justification, he didn’t have an answer for this, and so I actually appreciate his honesty.”

“His face changed, he looked sad, his voice changed. I could tell he didn’t even believe what he was about to say, but this official looked at me and said, ‘Riley, I am so sorry, but we have been advised as an organization that when photos are being taken, it’s crucial that the trophy is in Lia’s hands,’” she explains.

Dave Rubin is impressed with Rogan’s strong guest.

“Little-known podcaster Joe Rogan, well, I think this guy is going to make it,” he comments.


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Remember the young surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack? 21 years later she’s fighting to protect women’s sports



A promising young surfer, then 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton’s world was turned upside down when she lost her arm in a shark attack. On “Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey,” Bethany detailed how her family’s faith in God helped her through these troubling times:

“My dad worked really hard — like two to three jobs at a time, so we had a really simple childhood. But they gave me so much. They gave me so much time, and they gave me my faith in God. ... And so, when I lost my arm, it was almost like I was ready, because my mom had raised me in my faith, she would pray with me, she read the Bible to me at bedtime, we went to church ... and so, when chaos hit, I was ready.”

She also explained how she had to relearn surfing and what drove her to get back in the water just 21 days later:

“For me, surfing was more than just a childhood hobby. I feel like it was a way of life and culture and art and sport.”

Bethany said the physical journey was actually pretty easy, but it took a while for her to regain her confidence while surfing and figure out how to do things differently with just one arm — what she calls “Bethany’s version” of surfing. She also explained how frustrating it was to figure out how to do life with just one arm but that her faith in God and His plan for her life kept her going.

She discussed meeting her husband, motherhood, and even surfing while pregnant. According to Bethany, there are certain waves that are better while pregnant, and she surfed well into all her pregnancies, which is apparently commonplace in Hawaii.

Bethany has also been an outspoken advocate for the protection of women’s sports and explained her choice to speak out against biological men in women’s sports, specifically the World Surf League’s rule allowing males to compete against females:

“I feel like, too, a lot of it’s just such an interesting thing, because I feel like if women just said no, this wouldn’t be an issue. If all the female surfers — if the 70% that disagree with [the rule], if they all said no, then the World Surf League would not have an option.”

In the full episode, Bethany dives deeper into her faith, becoming well-known, and her partnership with pro-life diaper brand, EveryLife.

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WATCH: Riley Gaines shares cringey locker room details about Lia Thomas with Sage Steele



Former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines, whom Dave Rubin calls “an absolutely spectacular young woman,” and former ESPN journalist Sage Steele have something in common: Both women know firsthand what it’s like to watch an institution suffocate under the woke mob.

Gaines was forced to compete against trans swimmer Lia Thomas in the 2022 NCAA Championships, while Steele was puppeteered by higher-up execs at ESPN during a heavily scripted interview with Joe Biden.

The two recently met on Steele’s podcast, where Gaines shared some of the cringiest locker room details about trans swimmer Lia Thomas.

“Let me just set the scene,” Gaines began. “A swimming locker room is not a place of modesty,” as the nature of the sport requires “fully undressing.”

“It takes about 15-20 minutes to really poke and prod yourself into these [racing] suits,” which are “paper-thin and skin-tight” and oftentimes require “friends helping.”

A typical training session, Gaines explained, involves “five times of fully undressing.”

“And we had multiple sessions every day,” she told Steele, before describing the first day Lia Thomas entered the picture. “So I'm in the locker room; I have my back turned, of course, undressing … and all of a sudden, you hear a man's voice in that locker room.”

Immediately, the girls in the locker room began covering "themselves … with their hands, their clothes, or their towels” and left “as quickly as they could.”

“It was traumatizing,” Gaines confessed, noting that the experience was all-around “awkward,” “embarrassing,” and “uncomfortable.”

“You might say it would be a norm that a dude with a wang shouldn't be in the chicks' locker room, but that norm has been blown apart,” sighs Dave, who’s excited to have Riley on the show in a couple of weeks.

“They want to blow apart every norm so that they can destroy democracy.”

To see the footage of Gaines and Steele’s interview, watch the clip below.


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