New Delhi, June 3 -- Two Oregon high school athletes made headlines over the weekend after refusing to share the winners' podium with a transgender competitor at the girls' high jump state championships.

Reese Eckard (Sherwood High School) and Alexa Anderson (Tigard High School) stepped down from the podium after a transgender athlete placed fifth. Anderson had placed third, while Eckard took fourth.

Tennis legend and outspoken advocate for women's sports, Martina Navratilova, responded strongly to the incident on X (formerly Twitter).

"Women and girls are punished no matter what they do in this misogynistic world." Navratilova wrote.

She added, "Feminists never asked for this. At least not the great majority of us. never."

Navratilo...