{"id":439828,"date":"2025-09-21T01:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439828\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:33:18","slug":"controversial-past-of-team-usa-transgender-cyclist-uncovered-after-twisted-celebration-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/439828\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial past of Team USA transgender cyclist uncovered after twisted celebration of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ControversialControversial past of Team USA transgender cyclist uncovered after twisted celebration of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination (Image via Getty) Chelsea Wolfe, a transgender BMX freestyle rider from Florida, is facing huge backlash after celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk. On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist, was shot and killed while giving a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Soon after the news broke, Chelsea Wolfe, who was an alternate rider for Team USA at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, shared several Instagram stories. One post showed a USA Today headline on Kirk\u2019s death with a cartoon image of Dora the Explorer and the words, \u201cWe did it!\u201d She also shared a selfie giving a thumbs up and called Kirk a \u201cNazi.\u201d <\/p>\n

Team USA cyclist Chelsea Wolfe faces backlash over posts on Charlie Kirk\u2019s death<\/b><\/p>\n

Chelsea Wolfe\u2019s reaction shocked many across the country. In one post, she wrote: \u201cBeing a Nazi is completely optional btw. He didn\u2019t have to do all that, but he did and now he\u2019s dead. Don\u2019t live your life in a way that the world is better following your death.\u201d In another story, she compared Kirk again to a Nazi, saying: \u201cWe hate Nazis because they want us dead.\u201d\"Controversial<\/p>\n

IG\/Chelseawolfebmx<\/p>\n

The posts drew swift attention. Sports figures, activists, and fans called her words \u201csickening\u201d and \u201cviolent.\u201d USA Cycling released a statement on September 12, 2025, making clear that Wolfe no longer represents them. Jennifer Sey, founder of XX-XY Athletics, told the Daily Mail it was not surprising to see Wolfe celebrate Kirk\u2019s assassination. She said Wolfe has a long history of calling opponents \u201cNazis\u201d and pushing dangerous rhetoric.<\/p>\n

Who is Chelsea Wolfe: Past controversies, clashes with US cycling and Olympic journey<\/b><\/p>\n

Chelsea Wolfe, born May 5, 1993, in Lake Park, Florida, started BMX at the age of six and later transitioned as a teenager. She made history in June 2021 by qualifying as the first openly transgender athlete for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, where she was listed as an alternate in women\u2019s BMX freestyle. But Wolfe has long courted controversy. Back in 2021, she wrote on Facebook: \u201cMy goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a US flag on the podium.\u201d In interviews with Fox News, she later said she did not hate the country but wanted to stand against \u201cfascism.\u201dAlso Read: Andre Agassi And Steffi Graf\u2019s Son Jaden Agassi Shares Unseen Photos With Catherine Holt As Couple Celebrates Love<\/a>Her BMX career ended in July 2023 when the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) banned transgender women from competing in women\u2019s events. Chelsea Wolfe admitted the rule change left her heartbroken and said she was on \u201csuicide watch\u201d during that time. She has since moved into fixed-gear cycling, where protests have continued against her inclusion in women\u2019s races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Controversial past of Team USA transgender cyclist uncovered after twisted celebration of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination (Image via Getty)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[148842,144162,148839,148843,148840,148841,49,978,659,36941],"class_list":{"0":"post-439828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-bmx-freestyle","9":"tag-charlie-kirk-assassination","10":"tag-chelsea-wolfe","11":"tag-olympic-transgender-athlete","12":"tag-team-usa-cyclist-controversy","13":"tag-transgender-athlete-usa","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-usa","17":"tag-usa-cycling"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115239715086289794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}