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A teenage shot put champion is sparking a national legal showdown: Becky Pepper-Jackson, a sophomore girl athlete, just won West Virginia’s girls’ shot put title and placed fourth in discus — a performance so dominant it’s now fueling a Supreme Court battle over whether biological males should compete in female scholastic sports. The state’s Solicitor General is urging the Justices to take note, arguing she’s outperforming most cisgender girls. Her legal team says she only entered throwing events because she wasn’t fast enough for track — and now, through sheer grit, she’s competing at the top level. Meanwhile, the state is stuck under a federal court order, forced to let her compete until the Supreme Court rules. And it’s not just West Virginia — California’s A.B. Hernandez is also dominating regional meets in multiple jumps, waiting for the same decision that could reshape transgender sports nationwide.

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