Deta Hedman demands 'compromise' from darts chiefs and makes feelings clear on facing trans athletes

Hedman defended her decision at the time, telling BILD: "I'm not playing against a man in a women's event."

Hedman insists she isn't again trans players participating in the sport in an open category. However, she also feels a compromise should be reached so that those with lower testosterone levels can play.

In a lengthy statement on Facebook, she said she attended a presentation night in Rochester over the weekend. When aasked about her stance on trans players, she said: "I have no issues with Trans but they should play in an open section IMO."

Hedman then added: "I questioned why it is that the rule makers in IOC, WDF and DRA are predominantly men, they totally disregard the many and varied problems unique to women, menstrual, peri menopause, fibroids, Endometriosis, with symptoms varying from stomach cramps, brain fog, bleeding, headaches/migraine, hot intense flushes etc.

"All these problems are ignored, and considered that they don't affect your performance in a precision sport like darts.

"Add to that the ridiculous testosterone levels set for a trans to play in Women's darts!

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"If they achieve a level of 9.9mnol/L they can play, the normal range of women is between 0.5-2.4mnol/L, I myself have tested at 1.2.

"To make this even more ridiculous 5 African women born with vaginas but had varied organs including inner testicles were banned from sport as their testosterone levels were too high, they were told they had to reduce their levels not to 10mnol/L ( the level a trans can compete in sport) but to 5mnol/L, so athletes born as a woman to compete had to be half the level of a biological male who would compete in women's sports.

"All I want is to compete in darts on a fair and level playing field.

"As been stated by many studies around the world you can have inclusivity in women's sport or you can have fairness in Women's sports ! YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH.

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"Why don't the WDF and DRA as a compromise drop the testosterone limit to the above high end of Women and set it as 3mnol/L, they would still have the skeletal advantages of going through puberty as a male but at least their levels would be at a similar level to some of the women."

Hedman, explaining her stance further, then proceeded to say why she feels females will always be at a disadvantage.

"Constantly we are being told no reason why men and ladies can't play at the same level," she said.

"Chizzy (Dave Chisnall) had lowest average of the 32 men with an 85.76 Ave, 5 men had 100+ tournament, Ave 23 had a 90+, and 4 had Ave of 85-89.

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"In ladies only Beau beat Chizzy's Ave, and Mikuru only one to have an 80+ running Ave.

"The range of the 8 ladies in the event was 63.25 to 88.53 , the men's was 85.76-102.04.

"Dr Linda Duffy has shown studies that back up the science that men have over women in darts, including shoulder and elbow formations that are different in men who have been through puberty."

Speaking to GB News in May, meanwhile, Hedman said she was 'fighting for girls out there that won't have the opportunity' due to the involvement of trans players.

“I am fighting for the girls out there that won’t have the opportunity”, she said.

“If we leave it and bury our heads in the sand, there won’t be anything for young women and young girls to aspire to.

“That’s one of the things that I feel strongly about because I’ve felt for young girls in the world championship.

“It has been two years now, if we continue allowing this to happen, who’s to say that young boys won’t decide to start playing with young girls.”