Transgender cyclist Rachel McKinnon won the Masters Track Cycling World Championship this weekend, defending her title from last year’s event.

Her victory reignited the debate on whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women’s divisions.

Rachel McKinnon dominated the competition at the Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England, this past weekend, celebrating her second consecutive world title and world record in the 200-meter match sprint.

A transgender woman representing Canada, the 37-year-old earned her second world record in a qualifying race with a time of 11.649. American Dawn Orwick finished second.

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When McKinnon won her world championship last year, both fellow competitors and others on social media argued that it was unfair for McKinnon to compete. Her win this year only reignited the debate—top female athletes like tennis legend Martina Navratilova, former world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe, and two-time Olympic gold middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes spoke out after McKinnon’s weekend victory.

Former British Masters Champion Victoria Hood, who was unable to compete in the championship due to injury, spoke with the BBC after McKinnon’s win this week to voice her concerns.

“The science is clear—it tells us that trans women have an advantage,” Hood said. “It is excluding women and girls from their own category…it is a human right to participate in sport. I don’t think it’s a human right to identify into whichever category you choose.”

McKinnon took to Twitter to denounce Hood’s comments, posting a press release adding Hood’s age would place her in a different category. The Canadian has responded to many of the athletes’ criticisms, accusing them of hate speech and spreading transphobia.

“Fairness in sport means inclusion and respect of every athlete’s right and identity,” the release states.

In 2015, the IOC released guidelines allowing transgender women to compete in women’s categories under specific testosterone restrictions. Two years later, USA Cycling created its own guidelines, which also included testosterone restrictions. In October of last year, UCI released a statement saying it would be releasing its own guidelines, which would be adapted according to the rules of the IOC.

As Bicycling previously reported in January, McKinnon is in compliance with the IOC requirements.

In preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, the IOC’s plans to introduce stricter guidelines have come to a standstill due to scientists’ failure to agree on the subject, according to The Guardian.

McKinnon has ruled out any personal participation in the Games, but hopes to see another transgender athlete participate soon.

“There were many more barriers this year. A much bigger spotlight, truly incessant hate and people doing everything in their power to have me banned, make me fail and make me quit,” McKinnon concluded in a post on Instagram. “But I didn’t. And I won’t.”

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