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Transgender darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven won titles against men and women in the same week and immediately came under fire for being allowed to compete against female opponents.<\/p>\n
Van Leuven won a women\u2019s event in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) on Saturday, topping Beau Graves and Katie Sheldon. The win came more than a week after van Leuven won a mixed competition over John Henderson, Cam Crabtree and Tytus Kanik.<\/p>\n
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A general view of a dart board featuring the PDC logo during the final on day three of the Ladbrokes Masters 2021 tournament at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes.<\/span> (Zac Goodwin\/PA Images via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nVan Leuven told The Guardian last year that the transition began at the age of 16, and as van Leuven started to move into women\u2019s competitive darts, the backlash began.<\/p>\n
“I was getting more and more unhappy with myself, to a point that I didn\u2019t want to live any more,” van Leuven told the outlet. “And that was the moment where I thought: I can go two sides now. I can end it, or I can live as who I want to live.”<\/p>\n
VIEW THE MOMENT ON X<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nPDC chief executive Matt Porter told The Guardian last year that van Leuven complies with the organization\u2019s transgender participation policy. The PDC follows the Darts Regulation Authority\u2019s policy, which is governed by the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n
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General view of a PDC sign during day two of the William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London on Thursday Dec. 16, 2021.<\/span> (Kieran Cleeves\/PA Images via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe IOC\u2019s darts policy requires transgender female competitors to have a testosterone level below 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months and that gender identity cannot be changed for at least four years. The transgender female may not have a “presumption of advantage” and the IOC advises sports to “disproportionate advantage, which needs therefore to be mitigated.”<\/p>\n
Van Leuven\u2019s participation and eventual victory in the sports world caused a bit of controversy, including on the Dutch national team. Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf both stepped aside from the team.<\/p>\n
“That moment when you\u2019re embarrassed to come out for the Dutch team, because a biological man is playing on the women\u2019s team, it\u2019s time to go,” de Graaf wrote on Facebook, via The Sun.<\/p>\n
“I have tried to accept this but I can\u2019t approve or validate this. I think that in sports there should be an equal and fair playing field. I hope with all my heart and for all women in sports that people come to their senses.”<\/p>\n
Tennis icon Martina Navratilova also spoke out against van Leuven.<\/p>\n
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