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The weighlifting takes place later, where brit emily campbell is competing in the same category as new zealander laurel hubbard, who will become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a different sex category at an olympic games to the sex that they were born. it s being seen as controversial because the ioc changed the rules in 2015, meaning that athletes who have transitioned from male to female can compete in women s sport without having had any surgery, as long as they have declared their identity as female and kept their testosterone below a set level for 12 months. critics have questioned the inclusion because of the obvious advantage hubbard has due to going through male puberty. some do dispute this. at 43, hubbard will be the third oldest lifter in olympic history. the new zealand olympics committee says hubbard ....

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