Image Credit Asra Nomani The International Swimming Federation voted to restrict most transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatic competitions.
MORGANTOWN, W. V. — When I moved to this college town in the summer of 1975 as a 10-year-old Muslim immigrant girl from India, I found my stride doing something very simple: tackling the rolling hills outside our home on Cottonwood Street.
Each day, I logged my mile – running the same route, down Cottonwood, down Headlee, up Pineview, up Cottonwood – as religiously as I did my prayers. I subscribed to Runner’s World magazine and Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers became my hero. Every morning, I’d meditate upon the image of then-Bruce Jenner to put a kick in my step. Running 10ks and competing in cross country and girls’ track in middle school and high school made me a lifelong athlete.
In recent years, girls and women in sports have […]
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