Transgender athlete named as alternate to U.S. Olympic women’s BMX team

June 17, 2021

No openly male-to-female transgender athlete has ever competed on the women’s side in the Olympics, but Chelsea Wolfe is coming close. Wolfe was named last week as a reserve for the U.S. women’s BMX Freestyle Olympic team by USA Cycling, acting as an alternate for the two female freestylers selected to compete in the Tokyo Games – Perris Benegas and Hannah Roberts. Washington Times