Transgender Athlete Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team
It’s official: A transgender athlete is on the U.S. Olympic team.
That said, the athlete in question, 29-year-old Nikki Hiltz, will be competing in the category that correctly aligns with her sex.
Hiltz, a middle-distance runner, is a woman who identifies as “non-binary,” meaning she claims she is neither a man nor a woman. She uses the pronouns “they” and “them.”
On Sunday, she won the women’s 1,500-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, qualifying for this month’s Summer Olympics in Paris.
“Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz is headed to the Paris Olympics,” NBC News declared.
Transgender runner Nikki Hiltz punched their ticket to Paris after winning the 1500 meter race at Sunday’s U.S.
