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Blake Leeper

Blake Leeper

American athlete

Sep 5, 2026

13:52
And changing your height is not the same as changing your swimsuit.
13:56
I trained at 6'2" my whole life, um, and now I'm 5'9", so I'll go reach or I'll go run or my, like my back went out.
14:03
And the question that, the million-dollar question is what's fair and what's not fair? If somebody was born with bad vision and they wear glasses, you wouldn't regulate that.
14:13
Now, I could try to wear glasses, but I don't, I don't need glasses.
14:27
... what people are really talk-
14:29
I think, I think yeah.
14:30
I mean, I think that's the conversation that, that, that, that is really at hand.
14:34
It wasn't me trying to compete.
13:52
And changing your height is not the same as changing your swimsuit.
13:56
I trained at 6'2" my whole life, um, and now I'm 5'9", so I'll go reach or I'll go run or my, like my back went out.
14:03
And the question that, the million dollar question is what's fair and what's not fair? If somebody was born with bad vision and they wear glasses, you wouldn't regulate that.
14:13
Now, I could try to wear glasses, but I don't, I don't need glasses.
14:27
... what people are really talk-
14:29
I think, I think yeah.
14:30
I mean, I think that's the conversation that, that, that, that is really at hand.
14:34
It wasn't me trying to compete.

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