Trans athlete stripped of gold in World’s Strongest Woman contest

Britain's Andrea Thompson has thus been crowned World's Strongest Woman, after originally having been placed second

American athlete Jammie Booker has been disqualified as the 2025 World's Strongest Woman after organisers said they discovered she is “biologically male”.

While Booker was yet to respond, the move has reignited the global debate on transgender participation in sports.

 Britain's Andrea Thompson has thus been crowned World's Strongest Woman, after originally having been placed second, ABC News reported.

Australian Allira-Joy Cowley has now been given the second place in the Women's Open at the Official Strongman Games World Championship. In the event in Texas last weekend, she was originally awarded third place.

Jammie Booker had narrowly defeated Britain's Thompson for the crown.

Organisers have now released a statement declaring that Booker had been stripped of the title and disqualified from the competition. They said they would not have permitted Booker to participate in the Women's Open category if they had known the athlete had been born "biologically male", a claim which is yet to be proven. No evidence has yet been shown to make the claim.

The competition has stringent rules mandating that competitors can only participate in the category matching the biological sex recorded at birth.