Even with the high profile cases that got blasted all over the news (ex. Lia Thomas, Laurel Hubbard) it’s never talked about how those athletes still performed within the same range as their cis female competitors, even if they did perform well.

Lia Thomas won a Division I championship, but what's never mentioned is that her times are comparable to the previous years cis woman. Likewise, Laurel Hubbard qualified for the olympics, but no one talks about how she never ended up even placing.

People like to talk about how trans women are going to smash records etc. but rarely does anyone go back and see if they actually did. Which gives away the game.