Posted on 07/30/2021 7:26:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirmed its full support of transgender athletes Friday when medical director Richard Budgett declared “transwomen are women” and should be included in women’s sport “when we possibly can.”
“After 100 years of promoting women’s sport, it’s up to each of the international federations to ensure that they try and protect women’s sport,” he told a briefing in Tokyo. “Science will help, experience will help, and time will help.”
Budgett spoke as New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard prepared to become the first openly transgender woman at the Olympics when she competes in the +87kg category on Monday, as AFP reports.
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The 43-year-old was born male and competed as a man before transitioning to female in her 30s, taking up the sport at elite level again after meeting IOC guidelines for transgender athletes and sparking a global response.
New Zealand Olympic Committee spokeswoman Ashley Abbott said Hubbard was keeping a low profile in Japan, despite the “particularly high level of interest” in her Olympic debut.
While she acknowledged Hubbard’s appearance raised complex issues, the AFP report said Abbott also pointed out: “We all need to remember that there’s a person behind all these technical questions.”
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Do the East German “women” that competed in the 80’s get their medals back now?
Simply giving estrogen to male-to-female transgender patients won’t completely suppress testosterone levels. The testosterone hormone is prevalent for the increase of muscle mass and endurance. And the addition of Estrogen to male body that naturally provides testosterone will not suppress it.
So, especially in a sport like lifting, it will be a distinct advantage for a male athlete with nothing more than a personal identity to be successful in a power sport like lifting against women. And giving women testosterone will not help.
According to Angelica Hirschberg, a gynaecologist for the Swedish Olympic Committee based at Karolinska University Hospital and the study’s first author, “The study shows the magnitude of performance enhancement by testosterone. Testosterone levels increased more than four times but were still much below the male range.”
The male lifter has had nothing done surgically and can’t change he natural creation of testosterone in his body.
So if you can’t reach the hormone levels of naturally produced testosterone in men, then it is advantages for men to compete against women in certain sports. Lifting is one of them.
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I think there are millions and millions of people that are completely with you
that as soon as sports , which transcends politics , descends into petty political nonsense people get turned off and walk away
You’ll notice that the champion of support is always humble and keep their mouth shut and in the case of the Olympics is very very pro America
To win the ultimate competition your mind Has to be 100% focused
Simone Biles is a perfect example of when your mind is overwhelmed with nonsense you were not able to compete
And of course the amazing thing is this beautiful little 18-year-old Hmong girl stepped up and won the gold!
No they are not. Just one of the reasons I refuse to watch Olympics.
OK, so even if you accept they are both cats, there is a huge difference between a Lion and a Siamese in what size of game it can take down. The latter doesn’t stand a chance of taking down a Gazelle. So the two are incomparable as physically equal.
what was that bands name? I am having a brain f*rt!
The Tubes
And I declare the IOC is a den of perverted sick SOBs.
No. They are not. You depraved lemming.
Anyone who has to get a prostate exam shouldn’t be considered anything female.
Period. Which also brings up that only women have periods and if you are not equipped to because you have TESTICLES OR A PROSTATE then get in line to be a loser in the male division, not a thief and cheater in the women’s division.
I hope she drops a 100 pound barbell on her balls. Maybe then the confusion over gender would be quickly solved.
I think gorillas should be allowed to compete as well
As long as they identify as human, they are in.
Nazis did it first with Henrich-Dora Ratjen in the 1936 Olympics.
What other things that the nazis did will soon be A-OK?
Wearing yellow stars, concentration camps and summary executions........................for starters.............
Notice how liberals don’t look down the road at the consequences.
They only see ‘now’....................
Committee spokeswoman Ashley Abbott
Now I know we’re in a soap opera.
ISWYDT....................You Young & Restless man............
Will HE lose on purpose to justify???
I doubt it..................
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