{"id":536654,"date":"2023-01-07T09:09:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T06:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/transgender-swimmer-iszak-henig-struggling-against-new-competition\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T09:09:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T06:09:15","slug":"transgender-swimmer-iszak-henig-struggling-against-new-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/transgender-swimmer-iszak-henig-struggling-against-new-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"#Transgender swimmer Iszak Henig struggling against new competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40634411ca2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40634411ca2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/transgender-swimmer-iszak-henig-struggling-against-new-competition\/#%E2%80%9CTransgender_swimmer_Iszak_Henig_struggling_against_new_competition%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Transgender swimmer Iszak Henig struggling against new competition&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTransgender_swimmer_Iszak_Henig_struggling_against_new_competition%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Transgender swimmer Iszak Henig struggling against new competition&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Iszac Henig, a transgender male, joined\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/yale-bulldogs\">Yale\u2019s men\u2019s swimming<\/a>\u00a0team after finishing last year as an All-American female swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Henig has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/united-nations\/human-rights\">taken hormones<\/a>\u00a0for eight months amid his transition, but the senior\u2019s times are \u201cabout the same as they were at the end of last season,\u201d he wrote in an op-ed piece for the New York Times on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Henig wrote that during a meet in November among 83 swimmers, he finished in 79th place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t the slowest guy in any of my events, but I\u2019m not as successful in the sport as I was on the women\u2019s team,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/05\/opinion\/trans-athlete-swimming.html\">Henig wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The four people to finish behind Henig,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/all-american-yale-transgender-swimmer-iszac-henig-joins-mens-team-struggles-to-stay-out-of-last-place-barely-beats-guy-missing-a-forearm\/\">according to OutKick<\/a>, were a swimmer born without a left arm and three others who specialize in the breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>Several days prior, in a meet against Columbia, Henig finished in 10th out of 11 in the 200-yard freestyle and 11th out of 12 in the 100-yard free. His 400-yard freestyle relay finished in last place out of five teams, and his swim time was the slowest of all swimmers in that race.<\/p>\n<p>However, Henig\u2019s goal isn\u2019t necessarily to win as a man.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-069.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Iszac Henig on the starting block with a &quot;let trains kids play&quot; tattoo on the right arm.\" class=\"wp-image-25275168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-069.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-069.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-069.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-069.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Iszac Henig on the starting block with a \u201clet trains kids play\u201d tattoo on the right arm before a race on March 19, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInstead, I\u2019m trying to connect with my teammates in new ways, to cheer loudly, to focus more on the excitement of the sport,\u201d Henig wrote. \u201cCompeting and being challenged is the best part. It\u2019s a different kind of fulfillment. And it\u2019s pretty great to feel comfortable in the locker room every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that when trans athletes win, we deserve to be celebrated just as cis athletes are. We are not cheating by pursuing our true selves \u2014 we have not forsaken our legitimacy. Elite sports are always a combination of natural advantage or talent and commitment to hard work. There is so much more to a great athlete than hormones or height. I swim faster than some cis men ever will.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-070.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Iszac Henig before the prelims race at the NCAA Swimming Championships on March 19, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-25275169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-070.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-070.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/transgender-swimmer-070.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Iszac Henig before the prelims race at the NCAA Swimming Championships on March 19, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/penn-swimmer-lia-thomas-olympics-trans-women-not-threat-womens-sports\">Lia Thomas<\/a>, who transitioned from male to female, won the female NCAA Championship last March, putting more fire into the debate of transgender women in sports. She was the first transgender athlete to win a Division I national title in any sport.<\/p>\n<p>As a high-schooler, Henig (then Iszac) competed in the 2016 Olympic trials and was one of the top 100 female swimmers in the country two years later.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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