The Official Strongman Games moved swiftly this week to strip Jammie Booker of the 2025 Women’s Open crown after organizers said new information indicated the athlete was recorded male at birth, a disqualifying violation of the competition’s rules. What should have been a celebration of female strength instead turned into a humiliating scramble to restore fairness for the women who trained and showed up to compete on honest terms.
The championship in Arlington, Texas, finished with shock and confusion when Britain’s Andrea Thompson was initially denied her moment on the podium, only to be retroactively declared the champion once officials concluded Booker was ineligible. Athletes and fans watched as organizers announced they would reallocate placements and launch an urgent investigation to determine how this happened and why disclosure rules were apparently bypassed.
The controversy exploded after online investigators linked explicit archival material and social media traces to the winning competitor, prompting questions about prior disclosures and the athlete’s competition history. Reports surfaced alleging Booker had performed in adult content under another name, which intensified scrutiny and forced the hand of organizers who insisted they had been unaware of the athlete’s history before the event.
Strongwomen in the field expressed raw frustration and anger at being denied a fair contest; Andrea Thompson said she felt “robbed” of the moment she had earned through years of sacrifice. That reaction should resonate with every American who believes competition categories exist to protect opportunities for biological women, not to be reshaped by secrecy and post-event damage control.
Official Strongman’s statement made clear the sport strives to be inclusive but also stressed the burden to ensure fairness by assigning athletes based on the biological sex recorded at birth, a rule that was apparently not followed in this case. Organizers said they attempted to contact the athlete before making the disqualification decision and that had they known the relevant facts beforehand, the athlete would not have been permitted to enter the Women’s Open division.
Sponsors and parts of the strongwoman community have moved quickly as well, distancing themselves from the controversy and demanding accountability from both the athlete and the event’s administrators. Those reactions aren’t about malice toward anyone’s identity; they’re about upholding basic honesty, protecting competitive integrity, and preserving the chances of female athletes who deserve clear, enforceable rules and transparent vetting.
This episode is a clarifying moment for conservatives and patriots who have long warned that blurred categories and lax verification will erode women’s sports from the grassroots to the world stage. If we are serious about protecting women’s opportunities, sports bodies must tighten eligibility checks, enforce disclosure requirements, and work with lawmakers and athletic federations to restore trust in fair competition.
Americans who believe in fairness should cheer the decision to correct the record and insist that tomorrow’s competitions be run with more transparency, not less. Let this be a lesson to organizers everywhere: when women’s sports are at stake, the rules must be simple, documented, and enforced so that true champions — those who earned their titles on a level playing field — get their due.
