Yahoo Autos Transgender Runner CeCé Telfer Felt 'Seen' by Other Athletes After Olympic Trials Ineligibility
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CeCé Telfer knows the importance of feeling represented in sports.
The transgender track star, 26, who appears in Michelob ULTRA's new campaign for gender equity in sports, tells PEOPLE she felt "seen" by her fellow competitors after she was ruled ineligible to compete at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in June.
"A lot of my competitors that ran at the trials were reaching out to me, making sure that I'm safe and everything's going well," she recalls. "They were just making sure that like I'm doing all right. They were like, 'When are we going to compete?' and 'When are we going to run together?' Because they want to race, they want to compete against the best."
Amid various pieces of legislation that have targeted transgender women in sports, she experienced that form of athletic policing firsthand. But Telfer finds it "helpful" that fans and other athletes have shown their support while "bringing awareness to the issue."
