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A Colorado wrestler’s decision to forfeit a state tournament match rather than compete against a girl exposes the pressing need for wholesale gender equity in high school sports
When Brendan Johnston inspected the draw at last month’s Colorado state wrestling tournament and saw his forthcoming pairing, the high school student from Colorado Springs made a decision to show respect to his opponent.
He forfeited.
Written by Anya Alvarez
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/04/girls-should-not-pay-the-price-when-boys-are-too-uncomfortable-to-play under the title “
Girls should not pay the price when boys don’t want to compete against them
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