Posted on 06/20/2021 8:14:04 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
That opens the silver and bronze medals wide open.
Among the major contenders for those spots are the American Sarah Robles, whose best total is 290kg but who tends to total in the 280kg range, Emily Campbell from Britain, who just made 276kg at the European Championships and looks good for another 10kg at the Olympic Games.
The deadline for weightlifters to qualify for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is tomorrow (May 31) and there is no doubt about who, among the qualifiers, wins the gold medal for attracting publicity.
That award goes to someone who was unknown in weightlifting at the time of the last Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro five years ago, and who did not make her first lift in international competition until March 2017.
Step forward Laurel Hubbard, the New Zealander who will compete in the over-87 kilograms women’s super-heavyweight category scheduled for August 2.
There are plenty within the sport - you have only to look at social media to see how many - who think Hubbard should not be there.
I admit to being one of them, not because of any outrage at how Hubbard qualified - there is nothing wrong with that - but because her participation will seriously diminish the chances of having a rational discussion about transgender policies. She should not take her opportunity.
Before transitioning, Laurel competed at a reasonably high level through the junior ranks, hitting a 300kg total in the +105 men’s category.
To put that in perspective, that total would have won the past couple of Junior National events in the United States, but would not come close to earning a place on an international team.
At the 2019 Junior World Championships, a 300kg total would have been good enough for last place by 31kg.
In short, pre-transition Laurel was talented, but not a world-calibre athlete.
At age 35, Laurel started competing as a woman in the +90 (now +87) women’s category.
Why is an editorial in Breaking News?
He’s a man baby
First of all, HE is NOT a SHE. A simple DNA test proves this. He is a HE. A HE who couldn’t cut it as HE so, as is becoming more and more common with wannabee male athletes who just can’t cut it, they “suddenly” “Discover” they are really chicks. And, destroy actual women athletes in every sport that allows this FRAUD to happen.
The worst is, in martial sports where these MEN claiming to be women do major damage to the real women they are allowed to fight. We are in a TRULY Sick period in our history.
Why is an editorial in Breaking News?
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Exactly. Breaking news is supposed to be for three day old news and Freepathons.
So now men can compete in women’s sports
Well, this story is only 3 weeks old, so it definitely qualifies as breaking.
East German swimmer failed through genetic testing-Olympic history.
Let’s just get rid of women’s sports and make all sports open contests where the best compete against one another.
I know. What the heck ever happened to REAL Breaking News, like the way FR used to be? Why is that Breaking News column never updated anymore??
He ‘qualified’ ???
but not against other males...He competed against women and was able to lift heavier bar bells etc...
Big deal...
Sure then women may as well stay home
There’s a reason there are women’s tees at the golf course
Regardless of the number of mutilations, this dude will never be a lady
“She” didn’t qualify for anything. He was “allowed” to qualify.
The Olympic committee was never made of champions but instead made of bureaucrats. Other than facilitating the events, they're irrelevant.
The spectators were never tested to see which were champions and their opinions don't determine who the champions are.
The advertisers, while they may reward or punish behaviors, don't determine who the champions are.
The contestants themselves determine who the champions are and the true women champions will walk away from an event where an XY is competing against XXs. Other women may show themselves as champions in solidarity by walking away as well.
Is he insane? “I admit to being one of them, not because of any outrage at how Hubbard qualified - there is nothing wrong with that “
Because HE ain’t a SHE!
It’s not a “she”, it’s a “he”.
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