A transgender teenager from Jurupa Valley competed in Saturday's CIF track-and-field finals despite drawing national scrutiny and criticism from President Donald Trump over her participation earlier in the week.

Trump’s Truth Social post early Tuesday also blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom, who stunned many in his party in March by telling conservative commentator Charlie Kirk that while the issue is nuanced, he

CIF announced a compromise, allowing two more athletes to compete if the student made the finals. If she makes the podium, the next finisher will receive the same medal.

Transgender athlete AB Hernandez was unflustered amid controversy and protests over her participation in girls sports. Under revised rules for the championship, she shared two first-place medals and a second-place medal with cisgender competitors.

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The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether California, its interscholastic sports federation and the Jurupa Unified School District are violating the civil rights of cisgender girls by allowing transgender students to compete in school sports,