USA Cycling responds after transgender Olympic alternate celebrates Charlie Kirk's assassination

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USA Cycling has provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing social media posts by transgender athlete Chelsea Wolfe, an alternate in BMX for the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics, celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination this week. 

"The views of current and former national team athletes are their own and do not reflect those of USA Cycling. Chelsea Wolfe has not been a member of the USA Cycling National Team or a member of USA Cycling since 2023," the statement read. 

Wolfe's social media statements, made via Instagram story, included a reshare of news of Kirk's assassination with an animated caption that read "We did it!" and a selfie with a caption that suggested Kirk was a "Nazi." 

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Chelsea Wolfe of Team USA competes in the women's final during the BMX Freestyle World Cup Dec. 11, 2022, in Gold Coast, Australia.  (Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

"Being a Nazi is completely optional btw. He didn't have to do all that, but he did and now he's dead. Don't live your life in a way that the world is better following your death," Wolfe wrote. 

Wolfe has since been the subject of backlash on social media. Women's tennis legend and known liberal Martina Navratilova and conservative influencer Riley Gaines have been among those to criticize Wolfe publicly. 

Wolfe appeared to acknowledge the backlash in a post on Thursday night, sharing a meme with the caption that read, "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer." 

Wolfe previously said in a March 2020 Facebook post that