Track athlete who lost medal for celebration laments her punishment while trans athlete took girls' titles
California high school track star Clara Adams and her father, David Adams, challenge her disqualification for an 'unsportsmanlike' celebration on 'The Will Cain Show.'
California girls' track and field star Clara Adams and her father called out the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for stripping her of her state title over a celebration while allowing trans athlete AB Hernandez to win two gold medals at the state championship last weekend.
Adams was stripped of her title and disqualified for a celebration that involved her spraying a fire extinguisher on her shoes after winning the girls' 400m.
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Meanwhile, Hernandez took first place in high jump and triple jump and second place in long jump, despite President Donald Trump ordering the state to follow his Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports executive order prior to the event.
During an interview on Fox News' "The Will Cain Show" on Wednesday, Adams addressed the controversial comparison between the two athletes' situations.
"It just doesn't add up to me in my head," Adams said, adding that she now also has to potentially worry about a biological male competing against her in the future.
"It's just not fair, and then comparing the situation, it's just like, ‘So, what I did was just so not OK and inappropriate that I had to get DQ'd, but this, what is going on over here in the jumps, is appropriate and OK."
Adams' father, David Adams, expressed his stance on the comparison during the interview as well.
"It's being celebrated," he said of Hernandez's victory, saying his family is "lost" on the decision.
"I watched AB Hernandez jump. AB Hernandez is talented. She can jump against those girls, she can jump