At a Washington cycling championship on July 19, two-person teams featuring trans-identified biological male athletes secured the top three positions in a cycling relay race. These teams consisted of one biological woman and one biological male. The next runner-up teams were composed solely of women.

During the Marymoor Grand Prix at Washington’s Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, each of the top teams in the Elite Women’s Madison event included a biological male: Jordan Lothrop in the first place team, Jenna Lingwood in the second, and Eva Lin in the third, as reported by Fox News.

Lothrop competed against men in Canada as recently as last year, according to the Daily Mail. Last year, Lothrop was ranked 22 in the men’s Victoria Cycling League. Lingwood competed in the men’s division until 2017. Lin began racing in the women’s division in 2022.

Lingwood was also previously mentioned in a 2023 amicus brief filed by Hannah Arensman, a 35-time winner on the national cyclocross circuit, in the Supreme Court. Arensman stated that she retired from cycling after being forced to compete against transgender athletes like Lingwood.

In 2023, cycling’s governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), announced changes to their policy on transgender athletes. The new policy mandates that transgender athletes who wish to compete in the women’s division must have transitioned before puberty.

In an official statement released by UCI, the organization acknowledged that male athletes have a “lasting advantage” over women. “Given the current state of scientific knowledge,” UCI stated, “it is also impossible to rule out the possibility that biomechanical factors such as the shape and arrangement of the bones in their limbs may constitute a lasting advantage for female transgender athletes.”

In January, USA Cycling introduced new policies for transgender athletes. Those wishing to compete at the top levels must undergo “elite athlete fairness evaluations” by independent medical panels and demonstrate that their testosterone levels have been below 2.5 nanomoles per liter for at least 24 months. Those competing at the amateur level only need to complete a “self-identity verification request.”