A male-born athlete won two gold medals and one silver Saturday at the California state girls’ track-and-field championships, but shared the awards with female competitors after a last-minute rule change that followed a defunding threat from President Trump.
A.B. Hernandez, a 16-year-old junior at Jurupa Valley High School, took first place in the triple jump, tied for first in the high jump, and won second place in the long jump, at the California Interscholastic Federation championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis.
During the awards ceremonies, the transgender student stood on the tiered podium next to the female athlete who would have taken the award if A.B. had not participated, a rule change made Wednesday that only applied to the three girls’ jumping events…