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Biological Male Who Smashed Women's Weightlifting Records Will Likely Represent Them in the Olympics
The Western Journal ^ | May 9, 2021 at 8:36am | Isa Cox

Posted on 05/09/2021 10:42:11 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Imagine being a female weightlifter so gifted and well-trained that you managed to beat out the best of the best in your country, only to make it to the 2020 Olympics and be forced to compete against a man.

This is the harsh reality that dozens of Olympians could soon be facing if one Laurel Hubbard makes the New Zealand team, as the transgender athlete who identifies as a woman inches closer to the Tokyo games.

Hubbard, who was born as a male and has competed as one, has been determined eligible to compete at the 32nd Olympiad after testing under the maximum threshold for testosterone required by the International Olympic Committee, France 24 reported.

In 2017, Hubbard’s first outing competing as a female in international competition saw the then-39-year-old smash unofficial national records for New Zealand at the Australian International in Melbourne, according to The New Zealand Herald.

In 2018, Hubbard became the first transgender athlete at the Commonwealth Games, something which the Australian Weightlifting Federation tried to prevent, to no avail.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; chat; laurelhubbard; newzealand; olympics
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To: John S Mosby

Are you aware of the current events of the real world? It is only getting started.


21 posted on 05/09/2021 11:08:25 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I am looking forward to Women v. Trans-Males on UFC Fight Night.

We are going to see some of the most amazing one punch knock outs in history!

The first woman to beat a trans male will also be a great fight.

The name of the defeated trans-male will become an instant metaphor in every language on the planet.

22 posted on 05/09/2021 11:09:52 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As Caitlyn Jenner so eloquently said, it is a matter of common sense and fairness to ban transgender males from women’s sports. I certainly hope the women weightlifters speak up to this outrage. Better yet, they should all boycott the olympics. Let the transgender win all by herself.


23 posted on 05/09/2021 11:17:58 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hope all the “feminists” are happy now that they destroyed real women’s sports


24 posted on 05/09/2021 11:20:35 AM PDT by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

https://www.yourtango.com/2013202192/homosexuality-life-and-loves-billie-jean-king

Billy Jean is not my lover...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y


25 posted on 05/09/2021 11:22:55 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: bobbo666

Yep, let the progressive women see the logical implications of their agenda. Eat it! Maybe then, they will finally be forced to face reality and will reconsider their ways. The schools of hard knocks is the only way that these stupid leftists can recognize their foolish ideology.


26 posted on 05/09/2021 11:23:52 AM PDT by DeweyCA ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

6’1, 286 lb. I wonder how many women compete in that weight class?


27 posted on 05/09/2021 11:24:03 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate other.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All xx females should refuse to compete against him.

Destruction of the Olympic games.... Mission accomplished.


28 posted on 05/09/2021 11:30:45 AM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: bobbo666

This is kind of where I am too. Hey, I disagree with it but women are fully capable of standing up for themselves and raising absolute hell if they want to. They’ve done so before. If they’re not doing so now then *shrug* why should I spend much energy fighting over it?

Which is ultimately going to prove stronger - women’s self interest or Hard Left politics? Decide ladies.


29 posted on 05/09/2021 11:41:30 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Right now the camera crews are drawing short straws as to which cameraman has to do the close-ups and show the world that Einhorn is Finkle in high-definition.


30 posted on 05/09/2021 11:50:31 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: maddog55

I will agree only so long as the asylum is an old decommissioned navy ship and thereafter it’s used for torpedo target practice.


31 posted on 05/09/2021 12:00:57 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Male” does not need the word “biological” in front of it.

Anyone who “was born as a male” is a male. The binary male/female is an essential part of the person’s being and does not come in degrees, nor can it be flipped to the other side of the binary.

Anyone can identify as anything else, and thus has admitted that he/she is no longer in contact with reality, and insane.


32 posted on 05/09/2021 12:01:51 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Non-binary transnormativity is a construct of intersectionality. Leftist gobbledegook stinks.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good. Put the women in their place. No more “You can do it!” “Girls Rule Boys Drool” or “fight like a girl” T-shirts/posters/memes/propaganda sold in Walmart or on my computer screen. No more smoky/dry ice with backlight shots of swimmers or soccer players with their arms folded, looking tough. The US women’s national soccer team was beaten by average high schoolers 5-1 and 7-2. I hope Rapinoe plays long enough to be replaced by a dude.


33 posted on 05/09/2021 12:12:05 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: John S Mosby

I wouldn’t be too sure about that. One of the international governing bodies recognized by the IOC, the Union Cycliste International, allowed a biological male to get a gold medal in the women’s match sprint.


34 posted on 05/09/2021 12:22:44 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Antifa=BLM=RevCom=CPUSA = CCP=Democratic Party )
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To: Reno89519

This is just the latest reason.


35 posted on 05/09/2021 12:26:24 PM PDT by bgill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m not so sure the debutantes competing in weight lifting care that they’re competing against a man. After all, is there any doubt most of them think they’re a man too?


36 posted on 05/09/2021 12:28:55 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Great. Olympic weightlifting gold will be won by Vera De Milo.


37 posted on 05/09/2021 12:32:22 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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To: SgtHooper

<< I love it! I’ll be watching for tempers flaring when the real women is humiliated by the fake witch! >>

I hear ya. Let the intersectional war between feminists and trans wokies commence. It’ll be far more entertaining than the Olympics, that’s for sure.


38 posted on 05/09/2021 12:33:58 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We will start by being shocked about how unfair this in. In the next few years we will grumble just a little bit as we watch. In a decade no one will bat an eye.


39 posted on 05/09/2021 12:42:07 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you "Pericles" )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Shame, shame on NZ.


40 posted on 05/09/2021 12:47:46 PM PDT by bgill
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