{"id":137395,"date":"2024-02-21T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trans-cyclist-emily-bridges-on-legal-fight-against-competition-ban-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:00:17","slug":"trans-cyclist-emily-bridges-on-legal-fight-against-competition-ban-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trans-cyclist-emily-bridges-on-legal-fight-against-competition-ban-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans cyclist Emily Bridges on legal fight against competition ban | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zjph3lRUKhw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trans cyclist Emily Bridges on legal fight against competition ban | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zjph3lRUKhw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Emily Bridges once dreamt of racing for Olympic glory in Paris this summer. But after British Cycling barred transgender women from competing in the female category last year, she has all but given up on elite sport.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It\u2019s not something I allow myself to think about too much because that part of my life is gone now, and it\u2019s not something I really want to do anymore,&quot; she told ITV News Sports Editor Steve Scott.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If we were allowed to compete, if I was allowed to compete, it would be a different conversation,&quot; she added, &quot;but I can\u2019t compete\u2026I can\u2019t do something I used to love.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Bridges once dreamt of racing for Olympic glory in Paris this summer. But after British Cycling barred transgender women from competing in the female category last year, she has all but given up on elite sport. &quot;It\u2019s not something I allow myself to think about too much because that part of my life is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":137396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[133415,132132,128831],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-137395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-bridges","tag-emily","tag-once"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trans cyclist Emily Bridges on legal fight against competition ban | ITV News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Trans cyclist Emily Bridges on legal fight against competition ban | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. 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