: New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard set to become first transgender Olympian: Here’s all you need to know #IndiaNEWS Laurel Hubbard is the most reluctant of trailblazers as she prepares to become the

New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard set to become first transgender Olympian: Here’s all you need to know #IndiaNEWS
Laurel Hubbard is the most reluctant of trailblazers as she prepares to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics, reigniting debate on one of the most divisive issues in sport.The 43-year-old New Zealand weightlifter was selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete on Monday after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on “a highly sensitive and complex issue???. New Zealand Olympic Committee chief Kereyn Smith said Hubbard – who was born male but transitioned to female at 35 – has met all the qualification criteria for transgender athletes.Hubbard became eligible to lift as a woman after showing testosterone levels below the threshold required by the International Olympic Committee. IOC made the decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in international events in 2003, and in 2016 allowed them without having to undergo sex re-assignment surgery.She will compete in the women’s +87kg category, where she is ranked 16th in the world but rated a reasonable chance of a medal as the Covid-19 pandemic has prevented many higher-ranked rivals attending the Games.Hubbard’s medal record includes a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships and gold in the 2019 Pacific Games. She had also competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games but sustained a serious injury that set...Read more

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