Deta Hedman, a champion American darts person, forfeited her quarter-final match against transgender opposition Noa- Lynn van Leuven when she “wo n’t perform a guy in a ladies event.”
Hedman, who has long been outspoken about laws allowing people to engage in women’s arrows tournaments, refused to play Van Leuven in Esbjerg and missed out on a place in the semi-finals.
The Daily Express reports when it was claimed by a journalist on social media that Hedman had told event organisers she could never play due to illness, the 64- yr- old directly , responded:” No fraudulent illness, I said I had n’t sing a man in a ladies event. Do n’t listen to @phillbarrs he knows sweet]f*** all], nor does his reliable source”.
No fake illness I said I would n’t play a man in a ladies event. Do n’t listen to @phillbarrs he knows sweet fa, nor does his reliable source.
— Deta Hedman ( @Deta132 ) May 4, 2024
Hedman has won three WDF World Championship titles and finished second overall in the children’s spears division since the 1980s, having played in the Dutch Open and the World Masters among her other notable professional accomplishments.
Just before her journey to Denmark, Hedman posted a photo on her , Facebook page , which contained the concept:” People &, Women deserve to get CHAMPIONS in their own activities”.
She even took to X to consider that women’s sports need to be protected.
Looking forward to seeing my fellow half Paul coach transfer from airports to town for 60+ players for a one-hour excursion for gratis. I’m off to the Danish Open this weekend. photograph. twitter.com/b3I6Oml3up
— Deta Hedman ( @Deta132 ) May 1, 2024
Next time the 64- year- ancient, who was born in Jamaica but moved to England in the 1960s, voiced her powerful opposition to trans inclusion in women’s darts tournaments.
” For many months I’ve struggled with transgenders playing in the women’s world ranked events”, she wrote on social media.
Players have quit after Van Lueven’s competition with women, not for the first time.
In March,  , two women quit the Dutch National Womens ‘ Team, citing the unfairness of him being included.
