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The former Iranian wrestling champion, Sardar Pashaei, witnessed female athletes from his country being subjected to lashings just for being seen without a hijab.
Now he also witnesses the mistreatment of female athletes in America in a different way.
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Pashaei is protesting the alleged silence and retaliation against American female athletes who have spoken up for the protection of women’s sports against biologically male trans athletes.
“For me, it’s not really acceptable if I hear that people are going to be silenced when they think something is unfair to them,” Pashaei told Pakinomist Digital.
“I’m against silencing athletes. If they have a concern, if they think something’s not fair to them, because as an athlete you have to have a lot of discipline, spend a lot of energy to get up to that level, and then you know, it’s your dream to be a world champion or an Olympic champion. So for all athletes, it has to be an equal opportunity as well, and it has to be a part of all athletes as well. They have.”
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Pashaei, who won the World Youth Wrestling Championship in 1998, has also urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exercise vigilance in protecting the women’s category.
“I think the International Olympic Committee should be aware of this and also based on the scientific norm, try to create equal opportunities for everyone to compete,” he said.
“And everybody should compete in the sport in the field at the level that they’re supposed to be at. And I know this is getting complicated, but I think every athlete in the world wants a fair game to compete.”
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A recent poll by Center Square Voters’ Voice found that 68% of registered voters support the Supreme Court upholding state bans on trans athletes in women’s sports. The survey had 2,659 respondents, including 952 Republicans, 934 Democrats and 773 independents.
In the poll, 88% of Republican voters supported upholding the state’s ban on transgender women competing in women’s sports, while 49% of Democratic voters said the same.
