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Transgender Athlete Jammie Booker Loses Her Weightlifting Title

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A competitive bodybuilder has been stripped of her world championship title after it was discovered she was born a male.

Jammie Booker was crowned the World's Strongest Woman during the Official Strongman Games World Championship in Arlington, Texas last weekend.

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But event organizers posted a statementon social media Tuesday announcing they've been notified Booker was born a male and identifies as a female -- which violates the contest's rules.

The organizers have opened an investigation into how Booker made it into the Women's Open category.