“I’m open to talking about it to people because that’s the only way you make progress on stuff like this,” Megan Youngren said
Runner Megan Youngren is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the 2020 U.S. Olympic marathon trials, according toIn December, Youngren was one of 63 women at the California International Marathon to qualify for the upcoming Olympic marathon trials. Youngren came in at 40th place with a time of 2:43:52, and the achievement put her in place to become the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the trials, set for Feb.
“I’m open to talking about it to people because that’s the only way you make progress on stuff like this,” she says.
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