Former Olympian backs bill to block biological men from women's Olympic sports: 'It's insanity'

Inga Thompson, former Olympic cyclist, discusses an upcoming Capitol Hill hearing on a bill to block biological men from participating in women's Olympic sports.

Three-time Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson sounded off on policies allowing transgender women to compete in Olympic sports, warning the idea is both unfair and unsafe for female competitors. 

"We're watching transgender women when they're serving volleyballs onto women and physically hurting them," Thompson told Todd Piro during "Fox & Friends First" on Thursday. 

"We're seeing in cycling where people are getting checked and hit, and now we have boxing… I can't remember the exact numbers of the power difference of men and women with upper body strength, but I think it's upwards of 143% more power.

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"When you are an athlete in training, those levels don't really drop off," she continued. "You can take away all the testosterone you want, but you still have… over 100% power over the women, so yes, you will hurt the women and all the more need to have the protection of women. When somebody like boxing allows men to box women, I mean, it's insanity. I still kind of chuckle we're even having this conversation."

Thompson's comments come as House lawmakers are poised to hold a hearing on a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women's Olympic sports. 

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., who introduced the legislation, previously told Fox News Digital, "Due to the illogical USA boxing transgender policy, I introduced legislation to prevent organizations who choose to live in delusion from being recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee."

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