lifting alpha male. so thank you, sir, for your feminism and hopefully we have more men who go, you know what? you re not going to come in here. maybe we need a couple male swimmers, former olympic athletes, come over just for the meets that she s in just to level the playing field. greg: exactly. tyrus: i m pretty sure she won t want to compete anymore because, just like when she competed at 80th place, if that s even a thing, and then hopped over. so maybe she ll hop back. greg: kat, you are obviously a fitness icon. [laughter] greg: you must have a message for canadian female power lifters everywhere. kat: they see me as an icon. greg: i m sure they do. tyrus: she s wiry. greg: wiry. you hold a record just sitting on a bench kat: actually, actually when
i speak of transgender power lifters as i always do. the usa power where a thing organization has been forced to allow them to compete in the women s division after losing a discrimination lawsuit. on the plus side when they come for the urine test they can do it from a distance. gc cooper a trans woman filed a suit with the coalition organization violated her rights by banning her from competing as a woman in light jesse watters all to pay one person was dumb enough to buy it. he was a powerlifting was now deceased and desist on unfair discriminatory practices because of sexual orientation and gender identity. it makes the whole idea of men s and women s divisions than pointless. of course studies have shown that men are often 30% storm of the female competitors of the same size and skill. on a percent more to brag about it.
organization violated human rights act by making a person pretend to be something different. team april hutchison and marsha smith join me now. thank you for being here. april, someone trained their whole life, how disheartening is a verdict like this for your fellow american female power lifters? well, thank you, todd, that is exactly the word, disheartening. you know, women struggle as it is. like myself, i got into powerlifting as a way to help. i m four years sober and i got into powerlifting as a wave to better my mental health a couple of years ago. i did that during covid. so having to deal with say, diction, covid, and now this battle to compete against men is
and finally, a heart warming story to end with tonight about two power lifters from colchester who are training together ahead of this year s world championship. it s an unexpected sporting partnership because mick, at 73 has just come out of retirement, and gracie is a 15 year old school girl. here they are jonathan park went to meet them: it s a peculiar way to start a training session squeezing into powerlifting suits but for mick and gracie they enjoy hanging out together. three times a week plus competitions the same love lifting very heavy weights. it competitions the same love lifting very heavy weights. very heavy weights. it was always deaf liftin: very heavy weights. it was always deaf lifting in very heavy weights. it was always deaf lifting in here very heavy weights. it was always deaf lifting in here in very heavy weights. it was always deaf lifting in here in greece - very heavy weights. it was always| deaf lifting in here in greece stood there deaf lifting in