A transgender athlete's first-place finishes in the girls' high and triple jump championship events on Saturday ignited a firestorm of debate, coinciding with President Donald Trump's threats to cut federal funding to California over its policies on transgender athletes in women's sports.

The transgender high school athlete whose participation in this weekend’s California track and field championships prompted President Donald Trump to threaten to remove state funding reached the podium in all three of her events Saturday.

Transgender athlete AB Hernandez, a 16-year-old junior at Jurupa Valley High School, won multiple medals at California's state track and field championships, after President Trump ordered officials to block her from competing.