Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and former Olympic British distance runner Mara Yamauchi were among those to slam Austin Killips after the transgender cyclist finished in first place at the Belgian Waffle Ride in North Carolina.
Killips finished ahead of Paige Onweller and Flavia Oliveira and talked about the win after the race. Killips won in 8 hours, 28 minutes and 7 seconds, beating out Onweller by about four minutes and Oliveira by seven minutes.
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Austin Killips on the podium after the women’s elite race, the “Kasteelcross,” in January 2023. (David Pintens/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)
“It was just a grueling effort. I’m just really proud to lay it out there and get the result,” Killips said after the race. “After BC, I kind of get how things work now. Like, you really want to be up front going into those technical single-track sections and I kind of asserted myself there and was able to get a gap early.
“Then, got a flat,…