Former Team GB athlete questions Parkrun’s determination to delete data after transgender row

Former Team GB athlete Sharron Davies has questioned the timing of Parkrun’s determination to wipe all velocity data from its web site.

Speaking to Sky News, the previous Olympic swimmer prompt the change was made in response to a debate over trans runners, after it emerged in December that at the very least three Parkrun feminine data have been held by transgender ladies.

The organisation introduced this week it can now not publish information akin to first-place finishes, gender, course and age data, with the intention of creating the occasions much less aggressive.

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