Women's fencer opens up on refusing to face transgender opponent, accepting punishment and backlash

Women's fencer Stephanie Turner took her mask off and got a knee in front of her transgender opponent.

Ahead of a bout at the Cherry Blossom Open in Maryland over the weekend, Turner, 31, made the decision not to compete against trans athlete Redmond Sullivan. And Turner also wanted to make sure her refusal was caught on video for the world to see. 

Turner came to the decision the night before the event when she checked the competition pools and saw that she would be competing against Redmond, whom she had read about in an article last year. 

"I saw that I was going to be in a pool with Redmond, and from there I said,...