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Man wins World's Strongest Woman 2025 competition

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Autumnhasarrived2025 · 25/11/2025 06:37

It appears a man (Jammie Booker) has won the 2025 World's Strongest Woman competition in Arlington, Texas. Beating Andrea Thompson, who is a superb British Strongwoman, by 1 point to take the overall win.

If you don't know anything about the sport, there are reguarly accusations of strongwomen being men, as it is a normal part of the sport for both men and women to be on gear which does mean quite a lot of the women do end up with some masculinsation of their bodies and deeper voices.

However, it appears this time the accusations are correct. There is a video of Andrea angrily leaving the podium. There is a thread on the Strongman HQ Reddit(!) which links to a video of Jammie talking about being a "trans girl" complete the usual anime drawings. Same profile photo and voice, so appears to be him. The Reddit thread has not been taken down and comments, apart from pronoun policing, is largely against men competing in Strongwoman competitions.

So well done to Andrea Thompson on her first place win.

Man wins World's Strongest Woman 2025 competition
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Boiledbeetle · 25/11/2025 19:57

Helleofabore · 25/11/2025 18:07

https://x.com/therealmrbench/status/1993364994336211148?s=20

This is interesting. The tweet reads

"Jammie Booker won the 2025 Worlds Strongest Woman Contest. Booker is a man pretending to be a women. For reference, April Hutchinson was suspended from Team Canada because April called Booker a Biological Male. That comment was determined to be hate speech."

"I don't know what comes next..."

We do! You got found out you cheat.

lcakethereforeIam · 25/11/2025 19:52

Well, that was a ride. It shouldn't have happened but as it did this is a good outcome. Prosecuting the cheat for fraud would be good.

I'm worried, if this was a final, there may be women who could have been at that final, who may even have won it, who weren't because of this fraud.

ErrolTheDragon · 25/11/2025 19:52

So good to see clear, rational statements like this:
Any athlete is welcome. But it is our responsibility to ensure fairness and ensure athletes are assigned to men or women’s categories based on whether they are recorded as male or female at birth'.

NotThatWay · 25/11/2025 19:45

Needless to say, the transes on Reddit are super happy about this 😆

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1p6ko32/transstrongwomandisqualified/

It's been a good day for them, what with Glinner and all 🤗

hallouminatus · 25/11/2025 19:34

TheUnusuallyQuerulentMxLauraBrown · 25/11/2025 18:49

The strength sports tend to have ‘natural’ and ‘enhanced’ categories and/or ‘tested’ and ‘untested’ (meaning PEDS tested) federations, so they are fair within the context of the sport.

what is interesting though, is that even in sports where anabolic steroid use in female categories is acknowledged/permitted the best of the ‘juiced’ women don’t achieve anywhere near the records of their male counterparts (which confirms what we observe in transmen, ie that taking T doesnt make them competitive in the male category£

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The strength sports tend to have ‘natural’ and ‘enhanced’ categories and/or ‘tested’ and ‘untested’ (meaning PEDS tested) federations, so they are fair within the context of the sport.
I don't think that's true of World's Strongest Man/Woman competitions

NotThatWay · 25/11/2025 19:29

Autumnhasarrived2025 · 25/11/2025 19:25

Well, bugger me, even Eddie Hall has done a video on it and he has 3.4 million subs. I'm not subscribed to him but it appeared in my feed, clicked on it and my post is the opening screenshot.

Maybe his wife is a Mumsnetter, if so, hello Alex! 😁

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Autumnhasarrived2025 · 25/11/2025 19:25

Well, bugger me, even Eddie Hall has done a video on it and he has 3.4 million subs. I'm not subscribed to him but it appeared in my feed, clicked on it and my post is the opening screenshot.

Maybe his wife is a Mumsnetter, if so, hello Alex! 😁

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AnnaMagnani · 25/11/2025 19:24

World's Strongest Man is essential Christmas viewing in the Magnani house. In recent years they have included footage of World's Strongest Woman as well.

Will be fascinated to see how they manage the coverage this year.

NotThatWay · 25/11/2025 19:18

Helleofabore · 25/11/2025 18:07

https://x.com/therealmrbench/status/1993364994336211148?s=20

This is interesting. The tweet reads

"Jammie Booker won the 2025 Worlds Strongest Woman Contest. Booker is a man pretending to be a women. For reference, April Hutchinson was suspended from Team Canada because April called Booker a Biological Male. That comment was determined to be hate speech."

So a female competitor has already pointed out that he's a man? But the organisation is saying they didn't realise until after the competition he just "won"?

Hmm... 🤔

TheUnusuallyQuerulentMxLauraBrown · 25/11/2025 18:49

hallouminatus · 25/11/2025 18:33

"it is a normal part of the sport for both men and women to be on gear"
If "gear" means performance enhancing drugs (and I can't think what else it could mean), then it's already an unfair competition even without men competing in the women's category.

The strength sports tend to have ‘natural’ and ‘enhanced’ categories and/or ‘tested’ and ‘untested’ (meaning PEDS tested) federations, so they are fair within the context of the sport.

what is interesting though, is that even in sports where anabolic steroid use in female categories is acknowledged/permitted the best of the ‘juiced’ women don’t achieve anywhere near the records of their male counterparts (which confirms what we observe in transmen, ie that taking T doesnt make them competitive in the male category£

Helleofabore · 25/11/2025 18:41

Is this an example of a male person ignoring the regulations and entering anyway?

it seems that there are a group of people supporting him to have done this. Including other female competitors if the video he did was accurate.

Helleofabore · 25/11/2025 18:39

This is a good swift turn around. Maybe though, the comp may have to change the regulations to include a verified sex test.

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Autumnhasarrived2025 · 25/11/2025 18:34

Summerhillsquare · 25/11/2025 17:59

Quickest result ever 😁

I love strongman/woman and pleased to see justice is done

Well, out of all the sports out there, strongman/woman is definitely the one where everyone (competitors and fans) absolutely know the importance of testosterone in strength training.😁

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hallouminatus · 25/11/2025 18:33

"it is a normal part of the sport for both men and women to be on gear"
If "gear" means performance enhancing drugs (and I can't think what else it could mean), then it's already an unfair competition even without men competing in the women's category.

Justme56 · 25/11/2025 18:22

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RaininSummer · 25/11/2025 18:19

Cheating fucker.

TheUnusuallyQuerulentMxLauraBrown · 25/11/2025 18:15

Well, I’m glad this one has had a fairly swift resolution compared to the usual shitshows.

I hope someone high up at the organisation has popped round to collect the winner’s trophy (that he had ostentatiously foregrounded in his victory video) in order to get it to Andrea ASAP.

Helleofabore · 25/11/2025 18:07

https://x.com/therealmrbench/status/1993364994336211148?s=20

This is interesting. The tweet reads

"Jammie Booker won the 2025 Worlds Strongest Woman Contest. Booker is a man pretending to be a women. For reference, April Hutchinson was suspended from Team Canada because April called Booker a Biological Male. That comment was determined to be hate speech."

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Jammie Booker won the 2025 Worlds Strongest Woman Contest. Booker is a man pretending to be a women. For reference, April Hutchinson @Lea_Christina4 was suspended from Team Canada because April called Booker a Biological Male. That comment was de...

https://x.com/therealmrbench/status/1993364994336211148?s=20

Summerhillsquare · 25/11/2025 17:59

Quickest result ever 😁

I love strongman/woman and pleased to see justice is done

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Autumnhasarrived2025 · 25/11/2025 17:42

Pleased to say Strongman Archives have now been updated with Andrea listed as the winner. Jammie has disappeared from the competitors list, so everyone has moved up a place. That's great but it doesn't change the fact Andrea lost that moment on the podium and she'll never get that back. While that giant man lauded it over her.

Liz from Big Loz Official has uploaded the behind-the-scenes video from the competition finale, and it’s infuriating. After Andrea wins the dumbbell ladder (with Jammie failing a lift in the background because he is actually a very crap lifter), she gives him a polite smile and high five at the end. To emphasise their height gap, Jammie stretches his arm so far that Andrea has to jump for a second attempt just to reach his hand (and fails). He's massive.

And the part on the podium at the end of the video, Andrea looks so upset rather than the anger other videos/photos have shown. Liz shouts out to her to hold the trophy up and Andrea just shakes her head at her. She looks like she is about to cry. It's awful.

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NotThatWay · 25/11/2025 16:36

So glad Andrea Thompson didn't just suck it up in the #bekind way female athletes have been told do to.

Well done Andrea on coming first!!! 🏆

puffyisgood · 25/11/2025 15:59

by the way, I looked at his social media, another 'lesbian', who'd have thought it...

puffyisgood · 25/11/2025 15:17

It's a small consolation but I suppose this result in a sense puts all of the lies about male non-advantage to bed at a single stroke.

The strongest woman in the world is trans, what are the chances eh?

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