Female Oregon high jumpers' act of defiance after facing trans rival

Two female high-jump competitors refused to stand alongside a rival on the podium at this weekend's high school state championships in .

Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School have been praised as heroes on social media after abandoning the medal ceremony in an apparent protest of a fifth-place finisher, who is reportedly transgender. Reese finished fourth in the state final while Anderson was third.

Rather than taking their spots on the podium, footage obtained by showed the girls turning their backs to the crowd before being ushered away from the ceremony by an official.

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