Just before a match against a transsexual opponent, Fencer Stephanie Turner took a knee and ate her fight.

At the forefront of a match by Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland over the weekend decided Turner, 31, not to compete against Trans athlete Redmond Sullivan.

It was a step that Riley Gaines supported, called Turner a “heroine.”

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Women’s Fence Stephanie Turner knees in protest in front of the transking athlete Redmond Sullivan (Courtesy of icons)

“Isn’t it amazing how simply this can be explained? The other side likes to say that this is complex, it’s a complex question. Stephanie Turner is a heroine in my eyes,” Gaines told “America’s Newsroom.”

“This was at a Junior Women’s Olympic Qualifying event. So it’s a really big deal. These are not scrubbing. This is the highlight of their sport at this time. I praise her for taking this measure. It’s not easy to do, ultimately deciding to boycott. But it’s the most effective way to say is enough.”

Gaines, who swam four years at the University of Kentucky, including against Penn’s Lia Thomas, then took a shot against NCAA.

“NCAA has continued to fool the American people and they have deceived President Trump in this

Fencer Stephanie Turner knees in front of a US fence service (Courtesy of icons)

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“When they use the word inclusion, what they really mean is exclusion. And the people they exclude are women.”

Turner made her decision to lose the night before the event as she checked the competition pools and saw that she would face Sullivan, which she had read about in an article last year.

“I knew what I had to do because USA fence hadn’t listened to women’s objections about [its gender eligibility policy]”Said Turner.” I immediately took a knee at the time. Redmond was under the impression that I was going to start fences. So when I took my knee, I looked at the judge and I said, ‘I’m sorry I can’t do this. I am a woman and this is a man. And this is a women’s tournament. And I don’t want to fence this person. ” ”

Minutes later, the judges turned out a black card, the sport’s most serious punishment that led to her draft from the tournament.

Fencer Stephanie Turner knees before a US fence service (Courtesy of icons)

A spokesman for hencing to the United States told Pakinomist that Digital Turner was not punished for her attitude against trans cluttering. Instead, she was punished for refusing to compete.