Female fencer Stephanie Turner said she will walk away from competing “for a while” after she was put on a 12-month probation by USA Fencing for refusing to compete against a trans-identifying male fencer in March.
Turner spoke to Fox News about the year-long probation and said because of all the attention she’s gotten from taking a knee against biological male Redmond Sullivan at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland she won’t be competing anytime soon in the United States.
“It has disrupted my interactions when I go out in public and it will certainly disrupt my competition because I won’t be competing in the United States anytime soon,” Turner said.
While the probation doesn’t prevent her from competing, Turner said she’ll be “taking a break from fencing for a while in the US circuit,” but will not remain silent about why…
