Thu Aug 24, 2023 – 3:50 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The International Powerlifting Union has declared that a male Canadian “transgender” powerlifter must be banned from competing against women.
On August 18, the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) issued an ultimatum to the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU) after the CPU allowed “Anne” Andres, a biological man, to compete against women.
“They [Andres] risk to be suspended if they do not follow that policy,” Gaston Parage, IPF President told the Daily Mail, which first reported the warning.
The warning came about a week after a gender-confused man named “Anne” Andres set a Canadian powerlifting record.
He set the national record at a championship in Brandon, Manitoba, at the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship after out-lifting the females in the category by over 200 kilograms. He won first place in the Female Masters Unequipped category, as recently reported by LifeSiteNews.
The IPF recently changed their rules to protect female weightlifters by limiting which biological men being allowed to compete against women.
The weightlifting organization announced that “transgender” athletes must present identification proving they have identified as the opposite sex for at least four years prior to competing against
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