Rebecca Roberts, three-time champion, Instagram post I hold no hate toward transgender people. Everyone deserves dignity, respect, and the freedom to live their truth. But I cannot stay silent about something that threatens the fairness and future of women's strength sports. Transgender women, people born male, should not be competing in the women's category.

This isn't about identity. It isn't about politics. It's about the undeniable physical differences that exist in strength-based sports… differences that don't disappear, and that matter more here than almost anywhere else. Women's categories were created for a reason, and if we lose that, we lose the foundation of our sport.

What happened this weekend wasn't transparent. None of us knew. Not even the organisers knew. And when fairness is taken by surprise, trust in the sport begins to crack. My message is simple. Trans people belong in sport, but women's divisions must remain biologically born female-only.

I love this sport. I have given my life to it. And I won't ignore something that could quietly change it forever. Congratulations to @andreathompson_strongwoman... the true World's Strongest Woman 2025.