Ex-Brit Olympic star Sharron Davies claims distraught girls forced to compete against boys at school sports days are left in tears because they ‘win nothing’ as she blasts ‘weak’ teachers
- Sharron Davies MBE furious with teachers forcing mixed sports days
A former British Olympian has claimed that young girls burst into tears because they ‘win nothing’ when competing against boys on school sports days.
Three-time Olympian Sharron Davies MBE hit out at X teachers, calling them ‘weak’ after receiving a call from primary school parents saying their daughters were being discriminated against at the school event.
The 61-year-old said: ‘Nobody is nice to little girls during mixed sports days in primary schools because weak teachers are afraid of activists.
‘I am currently getting emails every week from distraught parents saying that not a single girl has won anything. This is an abomination of object-sex discrimination.’
Three-time Olympian Sharron Davies was furious with teachers in a post by X after she claimed she received a call from parents at a primary school saying their daughters were being discriminated against during the school’s sports day
In the tweet she wrote: ‘No one is nice to little girls at mixed sports days in primary schools because weak teachers are afraid of activists’
Ms Davies has repeatedly and publicly expressed her concerns about self-identification in sport and at women-only events.
She argues that transgender athletes are a disadvantage to cisgender women because of their higher testosterone levels.
Lucy Marsh from the Family Education Trust agrees that co-educational school events have a negative impact on girls taking part in sport.
‘It is ridiculous that schools treat girls and boys as if there are no physical differences between them.
‘It is known that girls often stop exercising when they reach puberty. It is therefore not difficult to realize that it is a bad idea to let girls play against boys on primary school sports day.
“Competing with boys who will always beat them because of their biological advantages is not only unfair, but also harmful to girls’ well-being.”
She went on to say that gender ideology is becoming more important in schools than the safety of children, adding that gender-only spaces are essential for the development of young children.
Furthermore, some schools ignore safety guidelines with their gender-neutral policies, for example by eliminating individual toilets and changing rooms.
“Gender ideology has overtaken protection and is a disaster waiting to happen.
Ms Davies has repeatedly and publicly raised concerns about self-identification in sporting and women’s events, insisting that transgender athletes are at a disadvantage to cisgender women because of their elevated testosterone levels.
Sharron Davies pictured ahead of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Ms Davies compared Britain’s slow response to the scandal to the Post Office saga and pointed to France and Japan as countries that had handled it better.
Davies continued her swimming career by becoming one of ITV’s Gladiators in the 1990s. She told GB News today that her mother, who died in 2017, had never taken government money her entire life and told very few people about her illness.
‘Boys and girls should have the same opportunities at school, but it is harmful to both sexes to treat them as if they are exactly the same.
‘Boys and girls develop and learn differently and it is crucial that they have separate sex areas.
‘Puberty lessons should also be separate for boys and girls rather than pretending they develop in the same way. We need the return of common sense and a focus on protection in schools.”
Former Commonwealth Champion Iwan Thomas told Good Morning Britain that young children can enjoy sports day more if they take part in multi-gender competitions.
‘Let primary school be fun, it’s not about who wins and who loses. If a girl is faster than a boy, then they are genetically very similar at that age.
“I mean, this is about egg-and-spoon or three-legged races.”
Dr. Hilary Jones, a GP and medical writer, said that girls and boys at that age are at the same physical level as primary school boys. So there is no scientific reason to separate them.
One of Ms Davies’ most recent interventions in this area came after a ground-breaking report on NHS gender identity services for children and young people raised serious concerns about the UK’s approach to trans issues.
She demanded that sporting bodies, including the Football Association and the England and Wales Cricket Board, stop trans athletes competing at elite level.
Ms Davies revealed that the issues surrounding transgender athletes competing in sport caused her “a lot of frustration” and explained that removing testosterone does not prevent a “biological advantage”.