Oregon female athletes don’t stand next to trans competitor on medal podium at state championship
Oregon high school girls’ track and field athletes Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson stepped down from the high jump medal podium and turned the other way at the state championships on Saturday night, as a trans athlete shared the podium.
Martina Navratilova reacted to two Oregon high school athletes who refused to stand with a transgender athlete following the girls’ high jump state championships on Saturday.Reese Eckard, of Sherwood High School, and Alexa Anderson, of Tigard High School, stepped down from the podium and refused to share the spot with the transgender athlete who finished in fifth place. Anderson finished in third and Eckard in fourth.