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Controversial Trans Athlete, 46, Wins Women’s NYC Cycling Race and Says He Feels Like a ‘Superhero’

A transgender cyclist won first place at a female race in New York City amid ongoing debates over the inclusion of trans athletes in female competitions.

Tiffany Thomas, 46, who was born male, ended the Randall’s Island Crit cycling race atop the podium, blowing the competition out of the water to snatch first place.

Despite only taking up cycling in 2018, Tiffany quickly found success and has dominated competitions in the years since. He recently landed a place on top cycling team LA Sweat, where his oldest teammate is just 32.

But his frequent victories have caught the ire of some critics, and fellow athletes, who to question whether Thomas holds an unfair advantage in women’s sports.

Taking to Instagram following his latest triumph, Thomas said it ‘was a great day to play bikes with friends’.

‘Last race with our 2022 LA Sweat team kit. I’m not going to lie, sometimes it made me feel like a superhero when I wore it,’ he continued in a separate post.

Thomas, who works as a lab director according to his Instagram, is described in his LA Sweat team profile as ‘a scientist by day, athlete by night’.

‘You will never see anyone with a bigger smile than when he sees a beautiful electron microscopy picture of a red cell,’ the biography continues.

‘He has never met a barbell, a bike, or a dog that he doesn’t like. He is so incredibly excited to race and represent the LA Sweat team this year!’

But despite celebrating his win on social media, Thomas has been condemned by some online, with one fellow female cyclist tweeting his belief that Thomas is ‘cheating’.

‘Tiffany’s teammates are all between the ages of 24 and 32. Amazing that Tiffany can keep up with them at the age of 46 after only starting cycling at age 40!’ they added.

‘Tiffany Thomas has been on countless podiums, going from a total beginner to the elite level in just 5 years.’

‘I feel so bad for woman athletes in America that have trained their entire lives,’ said another critic.

‘We are destroying woman’s rights in America. They might as well just make every sport in this country co-ed. This is all so unfair. Every should live the way they want but there are sacrifices.’

The recent rise in transgender athletes in women’s cycling also led former champion rider Hannah Arensman to recently quit the sport after he missed out on a podium place to a trans cyclist.

‘At my last race at the recent UCI Cyclocross National Championships in the elite women’s category, I came in fourth, flanked on either side by male riders awarded third and fifth,’ he said in her retirement announcement.

‘My sister and family sobbed as they watched a man finish in front of me, having witnessed several physical interactions with him throughout the race.’

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