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High school girl wrestler asks justices for right to refuse to compete against transgender athletes
A girl who is on a high school wrestling team in Washington state asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to wade deeper into the transgender rights battle by allowing her to opt out of matches where she would have to face a transgender athlete.
Medal-winning Afghan cyclist disguised herself as man to train
The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Asian Games. The nearly impossible part for the female cyclist from Afghanistan was trying to train in her country. To do that, she dressed as a man in a place where women have few rights.
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