Hiltz was born female and competes in the women’s category, but identifies as transgender and nonbinary, and supports trans women and girls in sports.
American runner Nikki Hiltz, who is nonbinary, advanced to the semifinals of the 1500-meters on Tuesday, finishing third in their heat.and supports trans women and girls in sports.
Controversy over transgender women competing at the Olympics exploded in the women’s boxing competition, where Algerian Imane Khelif — who was also born female, but failed a gender confirmation test at the world championships last year — is in the 66 kilogram semifinal.Olympic gold medalist spotted sleeping in park after ripping Olympic Village conditions
“The past week’s been hard and there’s been a lot of hate and transphobia and just a lot of ignorance,” Hiltz said. “I’ve had to, you know, put up some barriers and boundaries with social media and things like that. But I think I was gonna do that anyways.”“It was all about patience. This is incredible,” they told NBC. “I think I can officially call myself an Olympian now. It’s been a lot of patience this past month and then today in the race, that’s what I kept repeating to myself.
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