CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Manchester

[Sicario]

Heads up - cycling championships in Manchester this weekend, which I hope will be televised so everyone can see that there is a male competing in the female category.

The male competitor has been bragging about setting new records and personal bests in the female category.

I am going to get as many men to watch this as possible, to shed as much light on this as I can. I will be asking local pubs to play it on their TVs. (No pun intended.)

I also hope that no woman will be forced to smile on a podium with a cheat.

It's not on Eurosport.

It's really not that important.

It's really not that important.

It's not important that elite sport competition is now a mockery because male bodied people can compete in the women's event and small all records, meaning that women have no hope of ever competing in their chosen discipline?

I think Mockers means it isn't an important enough event to be on telly.

If it's the McKinnon thing I think it's a seniors event, which are not generally televised.

I doubt you'll be able to find it on tv, it's not really elite level. I'm sure the papers will be full of stories about how stunning and brave RM is though.
As a cyclist I"m offended by two things connected to this event:

1: Men are allowed to win the women's event

2: The winner gets to wear the rainbow stripes. That should be reserved for real world champions.

There may be daily coverage on this site. A year on from my introduction to all this, and I still cannot believe the insanity of it all.

www.cyclingmasters.com/site/

Thank you @andyoldlabour

Is this person Rachel McKinnon or someone else?

Yup.

I saw RM bragging about setting more world records in the women's competition on Twitter too.
Sociopath.

But I think his bragging only serves to piss more people off, and people are turning.

Oh FFS^
HER not his, massive apologies and head bowing etc and huge retraction of statement and possibly even getting on knees and bowing at feet. You get the idea.

World Best Times.

Not World Records.

Oh well that's fine then

@Qcng you made the silly mistake of believing what your senses, brain and all historical human interactions were telling you, instead of what a man told you to think. Fool.
Go and prostrate yourself some more.

A World Best is an age-group record, or some non-recognised event such as the 399 metres or the limbo-steeplechase. They are to world records what a dodgy PhD is to being a real Doctor.

In RMs own words. Aiming for a world record that will be easy for RM. I don't think it'll be insignificant to the women who lose out, somehow.

If you follow the Cycling Masters Facebook page you can see the competitors. There is not many in each category, especially as the cyclists move up in age.
I’m with you @aliasundercover, it offends me that people like McKinnon are allowed to wear rainbow stripes. Other notable rainbow stripe wearers are Lizzie Deignan and Mark Cavendish who are a universe away from McKinnon in ability and grace.

Ram's first race is on the 15th, according to a poster on 🥝 farms.

Err, Ram's is an autocorrect for RM. Sorry I didn't spot it before I posted.

Not quite the non-event or to be downplayed as nothing important. From RMs twitter for further elucidation.

mobile.twitter.com/rachelvmckinnon/status/1182292721337344001

Dr. Rachel McKinnon @ rachelvmckinnon
Replying to @ ohheybiology
I'm speaking at the Pride Sports Summit this afternoon, doing a sit down interview with Sky News...and then defending my world championship title!
I leave the 20th.

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mobile.twitter.com/JenWattsDesign/status/1182346057017151488

Jen Watts @ JenWattsDesign
Bit of a fan girl moment on meeting @ rachelvmckinnon
who apart from being very inspiring was absolutely lovely and very cool 🚴🏻‍♀️

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mobile.twitter.com/jonboy79/status/1182345840360349700

Jon Holmes @ jonboy79
Having followed @ rachelvmckinnon’s sports story from across the pond, it was fascinating to chat to her in person at the #PrideSportsSummit at @ IWHCmanchester today, alongside our event host @ LouEnglefield of @ PrideSportsUK. Thanks for such a frank and fun conversation 🙏🏳️‍🌈

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mobile.twitter.com/Angharad___/status/1182333715621564417

Angharad Englefield Nelson @ Angharad_
So good hearing from @ rachelvmckinnon today! Incredibly articulate, inspiring and funny 👏🏻😍

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mobile.twitter.com/just_jamie1990/status/1182328625573576705

Jamie Hooper @ just_jamie1990
WHAT an end to another totally inspirational day!

@ jonboy79 facilitating a conversation with @ LouEnglefield and THE @ rachelvmckinnon - yes that’s right!!

Such a special moment and just the most perfect icing on the cake in an incredible week of #LGBT+ inclusion in sport! ❤️🌈⚧️

I feel the need to join in the fangirling - something along the lines of "Yay inclusion. Go inclusion. Isn't it great that all sports now include peen. Including (yay more inclusion) the ones for people without peen."

Maybe we'll get a spot in the Paralympics. The Y2 category. Y because we're deficient in Y chromosomes (the default human position) and 2 for the second class status we've always had. Yay, go us.

Of course then the transablist movement will get in on the act and people with Y chromosomes who feel like they oughtn't to have Y chromosomes will compete...

Oh Brave New World, to have such creatures in it.

It’s absolutely pissing with rain in MCR today.

Welcome to town, Rach!

it's been said before, but I don't like the 'LGBT inclusion' stuff. There are no issues with 'LGB' so don't use those initials to gain support. The problem is T.

"#HerThighness" bleurgh

This is the Youtube streaming place for the competition.
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrLknd-Sw-B7Wibur24l0m_tT6FrIEdNK&fbclid=IwAR3QXay6YuZzxUgV7NkGdTlmDWJNz-yMyBzzFTCiuN9WbWyf-ifmYOinzV4