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There goes the competition. Note what I put in bold in this article. The IOC has really screwed the pooch with this crap.




Laurel Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to compete in Olympics
Hubbard lifted 628 pounds in two lifts to qualify in the women’s super-heavyweight division
Edmund DeMarcheBy Edmund DeMarche | Fox News
A New Zealand weightlifter—who has competed in men’s events in the past-- will become the first transgender competitor to qualify to be on the country’s women’s weightlifting team for Tokyo 2020.

"I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders," Laurel Hubbard, 43, said in a statement, according to the BBC.

The report pointed out that in 2015, the International Olympic Committee changed its rules to allow transgender athletes to compete as long as their testosterone level is below a certain level and maintained for a year. The determining criteria — a maximum reading of 10 nanomoles per liter of testosterone — is as least five times more than a biological woman.

Some critics insist that Hubbard, who transitioned eight years ago, will still have an unfair advantage when she competes in the women’s super heavyweight category in August.

The Guardian, citing IOC guidelines, reported that athletes who transition from male to female are allowed to compete in events without surgically removing their testes. The paper reported that some recent studies show power gained during male puberty can last.

Hubbard lifted 628 pounds in two lifts to qualify in the women’s super-heavyweight division. She won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships and gold in the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games but sustained a serious injury that set back her career.

New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Kereyn Smith said it’s clear Hubbard has met all the criteria to compete in Tokyo.

"We acknowledge that gender identity in sport is a highly sensitive and complex issue requiring a balance between human rights and fairness on the field of play," Smith said. "As the New Zealand Team, we have a strong culture of manaaki (hospitality) and inclusion and respect for all."

Belgium’s Anna Vanbellinghen, who will likely compete against Hubbard, said the New Zealander’s presence would be "like a bad joke" for women competitors.

"Life-changing opportunities are missed for some athletes — medals and Olympic qualifications — and we are powerless. Of course, this debate is taking place in a broader context of discrimination against transgender people and that is why the question is never free of ideology."

All the "real" women in the competition should back out and leave the trans to themselves.

WTF. why don’t they just have a tranny division. They could allow 270 shooters too, all inclusive. LOL.

Totally unfair to the women competitors. Why even have the categories for the different genders if your going to ignore them. These athletes work their whole lives to get a chance to be there and then have this bs.

............That's the best idea I've yet to hear. Why participate if they are going to make it a joke ? Everyone should refuse to have anything to do with it. I wouldn't even watch it.

Rock Chuck: Add this situation to the "liberals are mentally diseased" files.
Sad.
I actually feel bad for the competitors who are competing "fairly" - and hope somehow, somewhere "sanity" overtakes this type idiocy (no offense meant slumload & small twig!).
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Progressives are now going to ruin sports.

They ruin everything.

Dang! Don't you think that's goin' a bit too far?

Deut 22:5 "A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.

In the original Hebrew, this is much stronger than just putting on the wrong clothing. It's a prohibition against trying to be the other sex.

Has she had a loppadictomy?

I don't know about him but the IOC doesn't require castration as long as the testosterone is no more than 5x that of a real woman.

If the dude is going to compete....he needs to shave his pits..

Looks like some kind of a Bull [bleep].. (F.A.G.O.T.)

Wow, New Zealand is stepping up their game. Lots of golf for them. They're outdoing East Germany.

Yep, and what kind of woman is lifting 600 lbs? These must be some seriously buff chicks. Scary stuff.

I once bought a wool coat made for archery hunting. The zipper was on the opposite side in order for the wind-flap over the zipper not to catch the string of a right handed shooter. I gave the coat away to a female cousin who hunts.

BOOM!!! I've said it many times before - want to stop this trans-cheating crap in women's competitions? As soon as a trans enrolls, ALL the other (real) girls quit... Won't take long before that BS goes away..

The trouble with that is that many of real female athletes think it's a great thing. They get cheated out of their victories but think it's wonderful.

Best idea ever! And they could be awarded a plastic or pretend medal.

I hope he / she / it gets a gold medal.

Hell. Let’s do one better.

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