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  1. Aug 9, 2023 · Freestyle BMX Olympian Chelsea Wolfe talks candidly about the UCI’s ban on trans women athletes, mental health, and what we’re missing when it comes to protecting women’s sport.

    • Molly Hurford
  2. Jul 30, 2021 · Published July 30, 2021, 12:00 p.m. ET. Chelsea Wolfe is making history as the first transgender athlete to go to the Olympics. The American BMX rider will be a reserve for Team USA and...

    • Who Is Chelsea Wolfe?
    • Wolfe called Herself A 'gamechanger'
    • Internet Wants Wolfe Disqualified

    The Florida native, 28, sparked massive outrage online when her comments from a year ago about burning the US flag were outed in the wake of her Olympic selection. Beaming with pride in the photos she shared with her 7,700 Instagram followers, Wolfe had written a lengthy caption expressing gratitude at the selection, on June 12. “I am positively a ...

    With regards to her Facebook post from March 2020, Wolfe clarified to Fox News recently: "One of the reasons why I work so hard to represent the United States in international competition is to show the world that this country has morals and values, that it’s not all of the bad things that we’re known for. I take a stand against fascism because I c...

    "Chelsea Wolfe needs to be removed from the team representing the United States of America in the Olympics. Anybody who hates America enough to want to burn the American flag on the podium don't deserve to be on the Olympic stage," tweeted one person. Another shared: "#ChelseaWolfe is disgusting. If you hate the #USA so much, leave. He is a mentall...

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  4. Jun 21, 2021 · Earlier this month, Wolfe posted about what it meant to qualify as an alternate for the Olympics as a transgender athlete. "I searched for so long trying to find out if there had ever been a professional trans bmx rider to show me that who I am would be okay and unfortunately I found no one," Wolfe wrote on Instagram on June 12.

  5. Jun 24, 2021 · Fact Check. Did Transgender Olympian Chelsea Wolfe Say She Wants To 'Burn a US Flag on the Podium'? The BMX Freestyle riders qualification to join the U.S. team made history....

    • Madison Dapcevich
  6. Jun 22, 2021 · A transgender woman who qualified as an alternate for Team USA ’s BMX freestyle event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games once said she wanted to compete so she could “burn a US flag on the podium.”. Chelsea Wolfe from Florida has been BMX racing from the age of six, and started competing in freestyle competitions in her home state in 2014.

  7. Jun 9, 2021 · By Karleigh Webb | June 8, 2021, 7:24 pm PDT. BMX freestyler Chelsea Wolfe’s Olympic dream has seen ups, downs, the global pandemic, and last year’s Olympic postponement. On Monday at the UCI ...