JK Rowling slams transgender handball player who hopes to play against women at Olympics

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"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling slammed a transgender handball player who feared that they would be unable to compete for a spot on Australia’s women’s Olympic team as biological males have been banned from competing in women’s sports.

Hannah Mouncey, a former Australian rules football player, said on the "Sacked" podcast they hoped to be able to compete on the women’s team in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. But Mouncey said that didn’t seem likely.

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J. K. Rowling arrives for the Guinness Six Nations match at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.  (Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Rowling, who has been in favor of keeping women’s sports fair, responded on social media.

"Man fears he won’t be allowed to cheat his way to the Olympics by playing against women," Rowling wrote on X. "Man says anti-cheat sentiment is being ‘weaponized’ against men like him, who cheat. Read more here about why the cheating man is sad and why the women he might injure just don’t matter."

Mouncey dismissed the notion that transgender athletes had an advantage over females.

"There’s this idea that trans athletes have an unfair advantage, but the results don’t show that," Mouncey said. "I’ve always believed in fairness and restrictions where needed, but blanket bans are not the answer."

The International Handball Federation’s transgender policy went into effect in 2022.

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