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The California authorities way and tract championships were nether accrued scrutiny due to the fact that of a transgender athlete who participated successful and won the girls’ precocious leap and triple leap events.
A abstracted contention flew underneath the radar, and it had to bash with the varsity girls 400 finals.
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Sophomore Clara Adams, of North Salinas High School, finished successful 2nd spot successful the prelims and came disconnected the starting enactment rapidly successful the finals and ran her mode to a first-place finish, oregon truthful she thought.
Adams celebrated with her begetter aft winning the race. She took a occurrence extinguisher from her begetter and sprayed her shoes with it, alluding to her being connected fire, the Monterey Herald reported. Clara’s father, David, said the solemnisation was done distant from opponents.
"She wasn’t disrespecting anyone," helium told the outlet.
Sophomore Clara Adams of North Salinas High School initially won her contention but was disqualified for her celebration. (Lucas Boland-Imagn Images)
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) determined that Adams’ solemnisation was unsportsmanlike, and Adams’ authorities title was taken away. She was besides disqualified from the conscionable and mislaid an accidental to vie successful the 200-meter contention arsenic well.
David Adams told the outlet that the CIF’s determination was protested and said helium felt similar the disqualification was "racially motivated." Clara Adams is Black.
The determination was upheld.
"It’s a precise unfortunate event," Alan Green told the Monterey Herald. "We are each heartbroken. Clara ran an unthinkable 400 contention and is the fastest 400-meter miss successful the state.
"She was trying to person immoderate amusive astatine the decorativeness enactment aft the 400. It was interpreted arsenic unsportsmanlike. What an unthinkable play and run. It’s unfortunate."
Clara Adams said afterward she felt similar she was "robbed" and was "in shock."
Fox News Digital reached retired to the CIF for comment.
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Adams finished successful archetypal spot successful the 400-meter dash astatine the Central Coast Section Championships and finished archetypal successful 3 races astatine the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet past month.
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