Fencer reacts to new Olympic trans athlete policy: 'Common sense is prevailing' Competitive fencer Stephanie Turner discusses the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to bar transgender women from women’s sports on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ Just one year after a women's fencer was disqualified and punished for refusing to face a transgender opponent, a transgender competitor was forbidden from competition at the very same event. At this year's Cherry Blossom Open, a USA Fencing-sanctioned competition