Female athlete on competing against biological males: 'I lost a lot of confidence'

Connecticut high school track athlete Alanna Smith and Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Christiana Kiefer on female athletes fighting for an equal playing field on the anniversary of Title IX.

A high school track athlete was forced to compete against two biological males in her freshman year and as a result, she said she lost confidence in her athletic abilities. 

Athlete Alanna Smith and Alliance Defending Freedom attorney Christiana Kiefer joined "America's Newsroom" to discuss the ongoing fight for an equal playing field on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX.

"I felt like the race was over before I even began," Smith described to host Dana Perino about being forced to compete against biological males.

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Smith said at one tournament, she went home with a third-place medal instead of second place, feeling like her hard work and training had not paid enough as much as it should have.

The emergence of transgender athletes in sports has created debate over whether a transgender woman or girl has a competitive advantage over a biological woman or girl.

With Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the discourse is only getting hotter.

The Biden administration wants transgender athletes to enjoy the same protections Title IX originally afforded women when it passed five decades ago. At that point in 1972, the debate about transgender athletes was many years away.

Smith said she is speaking out against the unequal playing field for girls in sports in order to inspire other athletes to do the same. 

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