Who is runner CeCe Telfer?
TRANSGENDER athletes across the United States continue to draw criticism from conservative critics over their participation in women's events. The International Olympic Committee allows people assigned male at birth to compete in women's events if they have fewer than 10 nanomoles of testosterone per liter in their blood. CeCe Telfer is a Jamaican-American track star who in 2019 became the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title. Tefler was born in Jamaica and assigned male at birth. Her family moved to Canada when she was 12, before settling in New Hampshire when she was in her junior year of high school. As a student-athlete at Franklin Pierce University, Telfer first competed in the men's division from 2016 to 2017 - and was allowed to compete in the women's division after coming out. 4 In 2019, CeCe Telfer became the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title Credit: Getty  She took first place in the 400-meter hurdles event in June 2019. Under NCAA rules, transgender athletes can compete in women's events after completing one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment. Telfer garnered media attention after Donald Trump Jr quoted an article title referring to Telfer as a "biological male," calling her recent competition wins a "grave injustice against young women." On June 24, Telfer learned she will not be allowed to compete in the US Olympic trials after not meeting hormone eligibility qualifications for some women's events. Telfer will not compete in the womens 400-meter hurdles at the US Olympic trials due to guidelines released by World Athletics, which sets requirements to be eligible for the Olympic games, The Associated Press reported. In 2019, the organization closed international womens events between 400 meters and a mile to athletes who do not meet specific requirements. One of the requirements is that an athletes testosterone levels must be below five nanomoles per liter for at least a year. 4 Telfer will not be allowed to compete in the womens 400m hurdles at US Olympic trials after not meeting the conditions of the competition Credit: Instagram  David McFarland, Telfers manager, told the AP that the star athlete will respect the organization's decision. CeCe has turned her focus towards the future and is continuing to train. She will compete on the national  and world  stage again soon, McFarland said. The USA Track & Field said in a statement that in order for athletes to be eligible for the trials, they must meet the requirements to be a member of the US Olympic team. Following notification from World Athletics on June 17 that the conditions had not yet been met, USATF provided CeCe with the eligibility requirements and, along with World Athletics, the opportunity to demonstrate her eligibility so that she could compete at the US Olympic Team Trials," the USATF said in a statement. "According to subsequent notification to CeCe from World Athletics on June 22, she has not been able to demonstrate her eligibility.  4 CeCe's coach said the athlete will respect the organizations decision Credit: Instagram  In its statement, USATF said it strongly supports inclusivity and providing a clear path to participation in the sport for all, while also maintaining competitive fairness. If CeCe meets the conditions for transgender athlete participation in the future, we wholeheartedly back her participation in international events as a member of Team USATF." The men kick off the US Olympic trials on Thursday, June 24, at 6:30pm on NBCSN. Day one of the women's competition will start on Friday, June 25, at 7:30pm live on NBC and the Olympic channel.