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Meet transgender runner born and raised as a man but now competes in women’s races

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CeCe Telfer, (left) gets ready for a 60 m hurdles race [Courtesy]

The world of athletics may be up for an influx of transgender athletes who have been in the shadows and now feel like they have a team to fight alongside.

While the world still digests the Semenya story in which the South African runner lost her appeal on testosterone ruling, a transgender woman has surfaced in the USA and made both local and international headlines by winning a national championship women’s race.

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