Posted on 05/06/2021 3:46:55 PM PDT by RandFan
A weightlifter from New Zealand is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Laurel Hubbard, 43, reportedly has been eligible to compete in the Olympics since 2015 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set new guidelines for transgender athletes.
She qualified for this summer's coronavirus-delayed Summer Games in Tokyo after the IOC approved rule changes for qualifying events due to the pandemic.
Hubbard hasn’t yet been named to the New Zealand women's weightlifting team, but her spot is essentially guaranteed, according to Reuters.
USA Weightlifting spokesman Kevin Farley told Reuters that the group has no issue with Hubbard competing in the Tokyo games, despite efforts in multiple states to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls and women's sports.
"We respect the rules established by the International Weightlifting Federation and the International Olympic Committee for qualification and will be focusing on assisting our athletes to compete against all those who are qualified for the Tokyo Games," Farley said.
Reuters says Australia's official weightlifting organization had sought to block Hubbard from competing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but organizers rejected the move.
Yuck.
It’s historic!
“Openly”
Does that mean they won’t be wearing pants?
All the women should quit.
I won't watch. This is grossly unfair to real women.
“We respect the rules established by the International Weightlifting Federation and the International Olympic Committee for qualification and will be focusing on assisting our athletes to compete against all those who are qualified for the Tokyo Games,” Farley said.
What a fag.
Back to the only Soviet days of men competing as women!
Women’s Olympic sports competition is officially dead
Pat?
Not really..In the 60’s east Germany turned men into girls to win the gold....
TTIBOWOP(This Thread Is Better-Off Without Pictures)
Largely due to women voting.
All Drug Olympics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdG-iTilWU
I keep saying it, but, why not allow formerly male transsexuals to compete in women’s sports?
It’s bound to kill participation in sports by REAL women, and eventually (and hopefully), they’d go after the people who allowed it and sanctioned it. Liberals, especially liberal women, would rue the day that they thought it was a good and ‘fair’ idea.
BTW, why aren’t formerly female transsexuals not looking to compete in men’s sports?
The gender change for “athletes” is always in one direction.
Not only that, but the 'gop' needs to push to get rid of gender in the olympics. That should speed up the blow back against men in women sports.
He couldn’t compete against other men, so he’s pretending to be a woman.
Anyone else notice that these so-called ladies never seem to compete in, say, rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming where their male body structure would not be an advantage?
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