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First openly transgender athlete to compete at Olympics
Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:26 am
Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:26 am
I hope it demolishes records on it's way to the gold.
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) setting new guidelines for transgender athletes.
She qualified for this summer's coronavirus-delayed Tokyo games due to the IOC approving 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. LINK
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) setting new guidelines for transgender athletes.
She qualified for this summer's coronavirus-delayed Tokyo games due to the IOC approving 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. LINK
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:48 am to Jbird
quote:
I hope it demolishes records on it's way to the gold.
this...
Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:49 am to Jbird
Talk about the one sport where you can unequivocally say that her male bone density and muscle development will give her a massive advantage.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:55 am to Jbird
Good. Weightlifting is the perfect activity to demonstrate this insanity on a world stage.
Apparently this person has taken gold in a bunch of regional competitions. Shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to see him win gold in the olympics.
Apparently this person has taken gold in a bunch of regional competitions. Shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to see him win gold in the olympics.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 11:59 am to Jbird
Teh East Germans say... old news.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:07 pm to Jbird
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:08 pm to Jbird
A man winning gold medal at a women’s Olympic event will be amazing to watch.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:13 pm to Jbird
The IOC is so hypocritical They let this thing compete but not Semenya? Semenya should not be competing but has every right to now.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:13 pm to Jbird
What if a male athlete self-identifies as a much stronger male athlete, and takes hormones in order to become the much stronger man that he identifies as? Should that be allowed?
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:41 pm to Jbird
There is nothing I love more than when liberals end up eating themselves with their stupid bullshite policies/beliefs.
We were told WOMENZ ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY BY MENZ. We were told MEN CAN BE WOMENZ TOO.
I can only hope to God this person destroys the competition and all women get pissed.
We were told WOMENZ ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY BY MENZ. We were told MEN CAN BE WOMENZ TOO.
I can only hope to God this person destroys the competition and all women get pissed.
This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 5/6/21 at 12:52 pm to Jbird
I'm not sure if this photo has been posted, but would you want this person competing against your daughter?
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:12 pm to Jbird
I've said for 4 years that I cannot wait for this. It'll be fun to watch the feminists get up in arms and play mental gymnastics with this topic all at the same time.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:15 pm to Jbird
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New Zealand
The best thing to come out of NZ in the last half century was the backdrop to Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's LOTR and Hobbit trilogies.
Now they'll piss off the entire world when some Arnold Schwarzenegger looking dude destroys all the biological women in weightlifting.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:46 pm to Jbird
And the feminist Karens won't say a word.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:58 pm to Jbird
quote:It won't, though. Only currently 16th in the world. It's old.
I hope it demolishes records on it's way to the gold.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:58 pm to Jbird
Biden's Earth. 
Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:04 pm to Jbird
Having perused nothing on this Thread...I'll venture a wild guess that it's a former man competing as a woman. 
Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:24 pm to Jbird
quote:
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) setting new guidelines for transgender athletes.
Adorable...
Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:38 pm to Jbird
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openly transgender
At first I was like, huh?
Then I recalled those East German 'women' Olympians.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:50 pm to Jbird
I am confused. First you said a transgender athlete and then you said she would be competing in women's weightlifting.
Please clarify. Is this person a transgender or a woman.
Please clarify. Is this person a transgender or a woman.
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