The winner of the 2025 World’s Strongest Woman competition has been stripped of the title after organisers determined that US competitor Jammie Booker was born male, prompting renewed debate over transgender participation in women’s sports.
Booker won the Women’s Open category at the Cerberus Strength Official Strongman Games in Texas over the weekend, but organisers later announced they had been unaware of the athlete’s biological sex at birth.
In a statement, Official Strongman said it had a duty to ensure fairness and would assign athletes to categories based on sex at birth, confirming Booker’s disqualification and updating the results to name UK competitor Andrea Thompson as the winner.
The incident adds to a series of high-profile disputes over eligibility in women’s categories, following cases involving US swimmer Lia Thomas and New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.
It also comes as sporting bodies reconsider their policies, with the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee recently barring transgender women from women’s Olympic events under federal directives.
Reports suggest the International Olympic Committee is preparing to introduce a new policy that would exclude transgender women from female categories, citing scientific reviews indicating that physical advantages from male puberty may persist even after hormone treatment.
The controversy continues to fuel a global debate over fairness, inclusion, and how sports should define eligibility in women’s competition.
All titles allocated to men posing as women should be stripped from these cheating blokes and given to whichever woman was the runner-up.
Agree with Kate whole heartedly. Good to see common sense prevailed here.
Coward of a MAN.