After social media threats from President Trump , California’s high school sports governing body said it will allow cisgender female track athletes who lost their qualifying positions to transgender competitors to still be able to compete in an upcoming state championship.

The California Interscholastic Federation announced the change on Tuesday, just hours after Trump posted on social media that he would withhold billions of dollars in federal education funds from the state if officials didn’t block a transgender female athlete from competing at the State Track and Field Championships in Clovis next weekend.

“The CIF believes this pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student-athletes,” the group said in a statement.

CIF had adopted its ne

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