Posted on 06/21/2021 5:10:22 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics after being selected by New Zealand for the women's event at the Tokyo Games, a decision set to reignite the debate over inclusion and fairness in sport.
Hubbard will compete in the super-heavyweight 87+kg category, her selection made possible by an update to qualifying requirements in May.
The 43-year-old, who will be the oldest lifter at the Games, had competed in men's weightlifting competitions before transitioning in 2013.
"I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders," Hubbard said in a statement issued by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) on Monday.
NZOC chief Kereyn Smith said it was an "historic moment in sport and for the New Zealand team."
"She is our first Olympian who has transitioned from male to female," she told reporters.
"We do know that there are many questions about fairness of transgender athletes competing in the Olympic Games but I would like to take this opportunity to remind us all that Laurel has met all of the required criteria."
Hubbard has been eligible to compete at Olympics since 2015, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued guidelines allowing any transgender athlete to compete as a woman provided their testosterone levels are below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months before their first competition.
Some scientists have said the guidelines do little to mitigate the biological advantages of those who have gone through puberty as males.
Advocates for transgender inclusion argue the process of transition decreases that advantage considerably and that physical differences between athletes mean there is never truly a level playing field.
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It looks like Herman Goering, the Nazi air marshal.
This She-la needs the Crocodile Dundee test.
Want to win medals put a wig on a freak
Destroyed NFL
“ NBA
“ MLB
“ Nascar
“ Movies
“ Amusement Parks
And they finally destroyed the Olympics
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and those are just the non essential things the left destroyed.
Add in economies, cities, schools, etc.
The repackaged communists known as WOKE culture and their political whores in office destroy everything they touch, just like their old school comrades of the past century.
They just need to catch up on the mass murder, but the way they’re demonizing all white people I’m sure that’s that far behind.
thats NOT far behind**
Please get the gold and bring two weirdos with you to get silver and bronze. It’s the only way to prove this is nonsense.
I believe Henrich-Dora Ratjen was the first man to pretend to be a woman in the 1936 Olympics with the nazi blessing.
Perhaps it is time to compete in the Olympics like the Greeks intended.
Perfectly nude.
A fat, out of shape, 43 year old man is going to beat a bunch of women who have trained their entire lives for this moment.
Wow...aol STILL allows comments on stories!
Biological males should NOT compete in women’s sports!
What was that Andrew Dice Clay poem about, Old Mother Hubbard?
Is he going to burn a flag too or just enjoys competing against girls?
If this ding ding..pun intended..wins a gold.
It’s county..NZ?..will have much to celebrate.
Our home town boy beat a bunch of girls.
All this could be avoided by going back to the old ways of having the athletes compete while nude. If we are going to pervert the process, let us REALLY pervert the process.
And to think that forty years ago we made fun of the hairy chests of the East German women’s olympic squads.
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