This week, a biological male who identifies as “transgender” set a new powerlifting record in Canada in the women’s category.
Anne Andres, 40, was competing at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship on Sunday. He competed in the Female Masters Unequipped category.
According to Fox News, Andres total weight lifted in squat, bench, and deadlift resulted in a final score of 597.5 kilograms, over 200 kilograms more than the runner-up, SuJan Gill, who finished at 387.5 kilograms.
Anne Andres, a male who identifies as a woman, won first place in a Canadian women’s powerlifting championship yesterday. pic.twitter.com/7BtEGyjB2J
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 14, 2023
Feminist publication Reduxx pointed out that Andres previously “mocked” female athletes before competing against them.
A trans-identified male set a Canadian women's powerlifting record at a championship in Manitoba yesterday.
— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) August 14, 2023
Anne Andres, who previously mocked female powerlifters, lifted a total of 210lbs more than the strongest female competitor.
FULL STORY: https://t.co/AzOZMLzK99 pic.twitter.com/nYjGwzl3zE
In a video shared by Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swimmer who competed against Will “Lia” Thomas, Andres can be seen saying that women’s bench in competitions is “so bad.”
“Why is women’s bench so bad? I mean, not compared to me. We all know that I’m a tranny freak so that doesn’t count,” he said. “I mean, standard bench in powerlifting competition for women. I literally don’t understand why it’s so bad.”
This male just set a new powerlifting Canadian national record as well as an unofficial world record for the category he competed in...shocker... https://t.co/XGQijGDNv2
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 14, 2023
In a follow-up video, Gaines slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s policies that allow people who believe they are “transgender” to participate in sports that align with their “gender identity” instead of their biological sex.
“There is a new Canadian national record holder in women’s powerlifting. The only problem is, it wasn’t set by a woman,” Gaines said. “Not only is this a Canadian national records, sources say this is an unofficial world record for the class that Andres competed in.”
“Women’s bench might be bad to you, because you are a male who has gone through male puberty with a male amount of testosterone,” Gaines added. “Andres’ record is a mediocre lift by a mediocre male powerlifter because the Canadian powerlifting union is discriminating against female athletes.”
@JustinTrudeau 's radical disdain for women (and reality) in effect🤡
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 14, 2023
New national and unofficial world record for trans identifying male, Anne Andres pic.twitter.com/E46860L14P
April Hutchinson, a competitive female powerlifter, said in an interview on Talk TV that there were athletes who dropped out of the competition when they learned that Andres was competing.
“He just turned 40, so he is a 40-year-old, 6 foot 2, 150 lb man. It’s been very disheartening,” Hutchinson explained. “That national record that he broke, athletes have been chasing that for years. We’re talking top athletes…it just goes to show the physiological advantages that a a male has over a female.”
"A lot of women yesterday dropped out of the competition because they knew that Anne [Andres] would be lifting,” she added. “They dropped. They quit. They wrote to the federation. And the federation basically did nothing about it.”
Canadian powerlifter @Lea_Christina4 speaks out after transgender powerlifter broke woman’s record.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 14, 2023
"A lot of women yesterday dropped out of the competition because they knew that Anne [Andres] would be lifting."
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