While Nikki Hiltz took a victory lap to celebrate a long-awaited trip to the Olympics, some fans reached out and handed bracelets to their favorite 1,500-meter
Nikki Hiltz celebrates after winning the women's 1500-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Eugene, Ore.
“I’m just looking forward to keep showing up as myself and keep taking up space,” the 29-year-old Hiltz said Sunday at the U.S. track trials after earning their first trip to the Olympics. “I use they/them pronouns and people stumble all the time. But it’s like, ‘You can’t really ignore me anymore, because I’m a two-time, back-to-back champion. I’m here, get-it-right’ kind of vibe.”Hiltz's race plan last Sunday went exactly according to how they drew it up.
Three months before the trials in '21, life began to change for Hiltz. In a post on social media, they announced — “I’m Nikki and I’m transgender.”The American record holder in the women's mile remembers March 31, 2021, as a day when friends, family, fans and even track rivals could see Hiltz for who they really were.
Last year, it implemented stricter rules for intersex athletes with differences in sex development. Caster Semenya, the two-time Olympic 800-meter champion who has differences in sex development, is now barred from competing. She's said she won’t undergo the medical or surgical procedures she would need to in order to compete under the new rules, which ban her from all events unless she undergoes hormone-suppressing treatment for six months before competing.
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