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Gavin 'Laurel' Hubbard, as predicted by Feminist Post, was eliminated in the women's Olympic weightlifting (+87 kg super heavyweight) final, after a failed attempt to lift 120 kg and two failed attempts at 125 kg in the snatch. Curiously, this event was not broadcast live on RAI, despite being described as 'of historic significance' due to the presence 'the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an Olympic Games in a category of a different gender to that of his [...].

As the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games approached in July, the media began showing footage of women's competitions in which male-born athletes also participate - and almost always win - thanks to the guidelines drawn up by an all-male group of the International Olympic Committee, which stipulate self-identification with 'female gender identity' and lowered testosterone levels as the only criteria. The images of these tall, muscular bodies, with a frame that despite the [...]

Following the cancellation of the final qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics, the sports pages are reporting that Laurel Hubbard (New Zealand) could become the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Hubbard, son of industrialist and current mayor of Auckland Dick Hubbard, until the age of 34 practised weightlifting with mediocre results in the men's category as Gavin Hubbard, in 2013 undertook a "gender transition" and was admitted in the women's category of the [...]