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[Zinix]

KTVU.com

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Chloie Jonsson's athletic career began about 20 years ago after she broke her pelvis in an accident and was unable to walk for six months.

"After that, just being able to appreciate walking, I just started becoming more athletic," Jonsson told KTVU Monday.

These days, the 34-year-old Los Gatos physical trainer is muscular and fit, thanks in large part to the popular CrossFit program which includes a mixture of weightlifting, aerobics and gymnastics. 

 

http://www.ktvu.com/...ing-stat/nfFgp/

 

This isn't fair and unethical. 

[Hunter]

What a terrible thread.

 

If you are going to include a quote in a thread, it would perhaps be helpful to include one which provides readers with an understanding of the article. 

 

But now Jonsson is suing CrossFit Inc. for $2.5 million.

Jonsson underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2006- and CrossFit won't let her compete with other women in the CrossFit Games, which aim to find the world's fittest men and women.
 

In a letter supplied by Jonsson's lawyer, the general counsel for CrossFit writes "Chloie was born genetically- as a matter of fact- with an X and a Y chromosome and all of the anatomy of a male of the human race... [A] male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women. We owe it to the competition and the whole pool of female athletes to exclude Chloie from the participating in the female division."