Anne Andres, a biological male, competed in the women’s division of the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s Western Canadian Championship on Sunday and completely overpowered all other contestants. By the end of the tournament, Andres had lifted a total weight in excess of 400 pounds compared with the nearest challenger, SuJan Gill.

The International Consortium on Female Sports (ICFS) denounced Andres’s performance. “This is NOT a legitimate ???????? National Record. This is a mediocre lift by a mediocre male who is being allowed to lift against women,” the group tweeted in a statement on Monday. “This is discrimination against the female competitors.”

The “trans inclusion policy” of the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU) says that at “both recreational and competitive levels, an individual may participate in their expressed and identified gender category.” Under the current guideline, transgender women do not have to undergo any form of gender-reassignment surgery or hormone-replacement therapy to legally compete.

“Trans athletes should be able to participate in the gender with which they identify, regardless of whether or not they have undergone hormone therapy,” the policy notes.

Despite growing pushback from several female powerlifters, in May, the organization doubled down on its existing policy following a five-month review. Two months earlier, a male powerlifting coach, Avi Silverberg, broke Alberta’s women’s bench-press record to highlight glaring loopholes in the existing framework.

The blowback did not phase Andres, who took to social media to boast. “I got every masters record and two unofficial world masters records,” the blue-haired bodybuilder wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. “I don’t care about records. I care about being there with my friends.”

The note was markedly different from earlier statements Andres had made blasting female competitors for being weak and slacking. “Why is women’s bench so bad? I mean, not compared to me,” the powerlifter said. “We all know that I’m a tranny freak, so that doesn’t count. And no, we’re not talking about Mackenzie Lee. She’s got little T. rex arms, and she’s like 400 pounds of chest muscle, apparently. I mean, standard bench in [a] powerlifting competition for women. I literally don’t understand why it’s so bad.”

The news drew the condemnation of Riley Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer, who has become an outspoken critic of allowing biological men to compete against women based on their gender identity. “Andres’ record is a mediocre lift by a mediocre male powerlifter because the Canadian powerlifting union is discriminating against female athletes,” the University of Kentucky alumna said beneath a caption condemning Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s “radical disdain for women (and reality).”

Andres transitioned two decades ago and did not start training until recently, confessing she hadn’t touched “a barbell in my entire life until seven years ago.” Selected to join Team Canada for the World Masters Powerlifting Championships in October, Andres has promised a similarly dominant performance later this year.

“I will win by a good margin. This is due to my training ethic, but people widely misattribute it to my history 20 years ago.”