IOC President Says Transgender Weightlifter Can Compete For Women’s Title, Admits Rules On Trans Athletes May Change

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The International Olympic Committee again weighed in on the issue of transgender athletes — biological males — competing in women’s Olympic events, appealing to the rules for qualification but also admitting that the IOC is struggling to get a handle on the issue, and that admitting transgender athletes could be a sport-by-sport consideration.

“Laurel Hubbard was given the all-clear to compete at the Tokyo Olympics this month even as criticism mounted against the International Olympic Committee over the fairness of her participation,” the outlet noted Monday. “Hubbard became the first transgender woman to qualify for the Olympics last month. At 43 years old, she was able to qualify for the New Zealand team in the 87-kilogram category. She already received support from the IOC about competing as a woman in the competitions, but President Thomas Bach reiterated it Saturday.”

IOC President Says Transgender Weightlifter Can Compete For Women’s Title, Admits Rules On Trans Athletes May Change | The Daily Wire
 
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The International Olympic Committee again weighed in on the issue of transgender athletes — biological males — competing in women’s Olympic events, appealing to the rules for qualification but also admitting that the IOC is struggling to get a handle on the issue, and that admitting transgender athletes could be a sport-by-sport consideration.

“Laurel Hubbard was given the all-clear to compete at the Tokyo Olympics this month even as criticism mounted against the International Olympic Committee over the fairness of her participation,” the outlet noted Monday. “Hubbard became the first transgender woman to qualify for the Olympics last month. At 43 years old, she was able to qualify for the New Zealand team in the 87-kilogram category. She already received support from the IOC about competing as a woman in the competitions, but President Thomas Bach reiterated it Saturday.”

IOC President Says Transgender Weightlifter Can Compete For Women’s Title, Admits Rules On Trans Athletes May Change | The Daily Wire
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No common sense whatsoever.
 
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The Japanese are nothing if not traditionalists. It’s a good thing there won’t be any spectators or else this goon would get politely booed off the stage.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
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The International Olympic Committee again weighed in on the issue of transgender athletes — biological males — competing in women’s Olympic events, appealing to the rules for qualification but also admitting that the IOC is struggling to get a handle on the issue, and that admitting transgender athletes could be a sport-by-sport consideration.

“Laurel Hubbard was given the all-clear to compete at the Tokyo Olympics this month even as criticism mounted against the International Olympic Committee over the fairness of her participation,” the outlet noted Monday. “Hubbard became the first transgender woman to qualify for the Olympics last month. At 43 years old, she was able to qualify for the New Zealand team in the 87-kilogram category. She already received support from the IOC about competing as a woman in the competitions, but President Thomas Bach reiterated it Saturday.”

IOC President Says Transgender Weightlifter Can Compete For Women’s Title, Admits Rules On Trans Athletes May Change | The Daily Wire
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There is nothing female about that physique.
 
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The Japanese are nothing if not traditionalists. It’s a good thing there won’t be any spectators or else this goon would get politely booed off the stage.
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Japanese are too polite to boo. But the silence would speak even louder IMO
 
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The Japanese are nothing if not traditionalists. It’s a good thing there won’t be any spectators or else this goon would get politely booed off the stage.
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Perhaps but sumo doesn't have weight classes so they may be more accepting. Didn't allow women either so maybe not
 
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Or play in half the games and talk about how hard he has to work.
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You're saying this about arguably the most durable player in the history of pro sports.

He averaged more minutes per season than anyone else and he's 36 lol.
 
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Why do we not hear about transgender men competing against born men? Is there is really such an imbalance in the occurrences?
 
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Or play in half the games and talk about how hard he has to work.
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He's the greatest ironman we've ever seen in the NBA and he's doing it as an older player in the most physically demanding version of the NBA we've ever seen.
 
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If I read the rankings right, she is barely in the top ten internationally after the hormonal transition. I expect this to continue to drop.

The IOC only allowed this because the rule regarding physical transition requirements was recently dropped.
 
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