Transgender lifter Hubbard retires after Olympic debut

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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has announced she will retire in the wake of her groundbreaking appearance at the Tokyo Olympics this week.

The New Zealander on Monday contested the +87kg category weightlifting, in a debut the International Olympic Committee described as the first appearance by an openly transgender woman at an Olympics.

“Age has caught up with me. In fact if we’re being honest it probably caught up with me some time ago,” said Hubbard, who at 43 was more than 20 years older than most of her rivals. Hubbard praised the IOC for showing “moral leadership” in adopting inclusive polices that allowed her to participate at the Games.

These include greater muscle mass and lung capacity, leading to fears that female-born athletes could be forced to compete on an uneven playing field.

 

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