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Laurel Hubbard s Olympic Games spot is an affront to fairness
The IOC should be doing everything in its power to empower women, by allowing Hubbard to participate it risks achieving the precise opposite
7 May 2021 • 7:30am
Laurel Hubbard has spent more than four-fifths of her life fortified by all the physiological advantages of growing up male
Credit: Heathcliff O Malley
Quietly, and with minimum fanfare, the New Zealand Olympic Committee made an announcement this week that threatened to shake the Tokyo Games to their core. The weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was, it confirmed, “very likely” to be granted a quota spot by the Oceania federation, making her the first transgender Olympian in history. If it imagines that this is a cue for her to be celebrated as a trailblazer, as the architect of an extraordinary global first, it should think again. For hers is a presence in Japan that will draw frenzied consternation, sparking a necessary debate as to why one athlete’s ambiti
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Former Olympic weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs says females are being told to “be quiet” when they complain about the fairness of transgender New Zealand athlete Laurel Hubbard competing in women’s competitions.
Hubbard is on track to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) modified qualifying requirements for the Tokyo Games on Wednesday.
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The 43-year-old still has to satisfy the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) of her fitness and performance standards before selection for the team but the prospect she will compete in Tokyo has already raised hackles.
(Reuters) – Former Olympic weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs says females are being told to “be quiet” when they complain about the fairness of transgender New Zealand athlete Laurel Hubbard competing in women’s competitions.
Hubbard is on track to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) modified qualifying requirements for the Tokyo Games on Wednesday.
The 43-year-old still has to satisfy the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) of her fitness and performance standards before selection for the team but the prospect she will compete in Tokyo has already raised hackles.
“I’m quite disappointed, quite disappointed for the female athlete who will lose out on that spot,” Lambrechs, who won a bronze medal for New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, told TVNZ.
By Syndicated Content
May 6, 2021 4:40 AM
(Reuters) – The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) is fully committed to the Tokyo Games this year, with planning progressing for what will be a “vastly different” Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its chief Mike Stanley said on Thursday.
More than 200 athletes are expected to represent New Zealand at the July 23-Aug. 8 Games, and former rower Stanley said it was the duty of his “athlete-led” organisation to help them achieve their dreams.
“We’re fully committed to Tokyo 2020,” Stanley said in a statement after the NZOC presented its 2020 annual report.
“Planning… is progressing well with organisers and the Japanese authorities committed to hosting a different but still safe and successful Games.