Female powerlifter outraged after trans athlete sets new record: 'Slap in the face'

Powerlifter April Hutchinson joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss why she believes letting the powerlifter compete is 'unfair' and the broader fight for fairness in female sports. 

A competitive female powerlifter is outraged after a transgender athlete toppled and set a new record in the women's division.

"I keep using the word disheartening over and over again," powerlifter April Hutchinson said. "It's outrageous. It's a big slap in the face to women that the federation, after all of this time and all these letters, even legal letters, have not stepped up and protected women in sports."

Hutchinson detailed the event where 40-year-old biological male Anne Andres toppled the competition on "Fox & Friends" Friday.

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Andres competed in the Female Masters Unequipped category at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship on Sunday. The transgender athlete currently holds multiple powerlifting records in the female division.

"Where he lives in Manitoba or BC area, the western area, there are some supporters. But at the same time, a lot of people, for example, at the competition on Sunday had no idea Anne was a man" Hutchinson said. 

"The one woman on the side of the podium on Sunday had no idea the man was a man. Some people just kind of clap along. They don't know what's going on. Some people don't even know what the word transgender means. That's why I called him a man. Because if you start throwing around words, people get confused. So you kind of have to call a spade a spade."

Her total weight lifted in squat, bench and deadlift resulted in a final score of 597.5 kilograms, which was over 200