Laurel Hubbard said this week: "I see the Olympic Games as a global celebration of our hopes, ideals and values and I would like to thank the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible."
"People believe what they believe when they are shown something that may be new and different to what they know. It's instinctive to be defensive," she said. Now 43, she will become the third oldest lifter in Olympic history. The New Zealand Olympic Committee's Ashley Abbott called her a "really important role model" who "opens a conversation about inclusivity".
On Friday, the IOC released another statement on her behalf which read: "I see the Olympic Games as a global celebration of our hopes, ideals and values and I would like to thank the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible." Its consultation, the IOC says, will consider "not only medical, scientific and legal perspectives, but also that of human rights".
"There is lots of disagreement across the whole world of sport," Budgett said. "It really has to be sport specific and up to each sport, and even each discipline, as to what the rules are."The science is debated "There are lots of aspects of physiology and anatomy, and the mental side, that contribute to an elite performance, and it is very difficult to say: 'Yes, she has an advantage.' There are so many other factors to take into account."
Katherine Deves, co-founder of Save Women's Sport Australasia - a group opposed to transgender women competing in women's sport - describes testosterone reduction as"It is flawed policy from the IOC that has allowed the selection of a 43-year-old biological male who identifies as a woman to compete in the female category," Deves said, claiming transgender women would have an advantage in "every single metric" including "speed, stamina, strength, the fast twitch...
"The collection of those things creates significant performance advantages [between men and women]. Those differences are between 10-12% in swimming and cycling. "In weightlifting we divide the categories into weight, so we don't have big weightlifters competing against little weightlifters. If you look at the women that Laurel Hubbard is competing against, they're all very large women.
It was the most watched Olympic event since Mohammed's hijinx in Munich. All for a fucking DNF. But as we say in Australia: it's not whether you win or lose as long we finish ahead of New Zealand.
It’s a bloke weightlifting in a woman’s competition surely that is a big advantage
Surely they should have their own gender class rather than putting men into women's sports no ? I thought it was me him her and a donkey nowadays ? Yet fine to go trash a women's sport 😒
Sport is segregated by sex for good reason. Performance advantages of being male aren't suppressed enough by lowering T levels. It isn't fair, or safe in some sports, to allow males, however they identify, to compete against females, and it isn't hateful to say so. IOC messed up.
How is it possible that a middle age male out of his prime is competing for Olympic medals? Could it be because he is competing against female? I just wonder. HubbardIsACheat
Are you going to block us for pointing out the unfairness and inaccuracies in this article? Like BBC Sport threatened? A 43 year old, mediocre weightlifter, son of a millionaire - reluctant? All I see is male entitlement. Interview the woman who lost her chance to compete.
Disgraceful
If this bloke identifies as a women, then why not just put on a dress and heels and stop ruining good sport
Cheat
Hubbard wasn't good enough to compete seriously prior to self identifying. Hubbard has a clear advantage in the female category. Hubbard is not reluctant but is exploitative.
Not sure how 'reluctant' comes into it - this person had a choice of whether to seek to compete in a women's event.
Funny how it's all one way, isn't it? How many women/transmen are clamouring to compete in men's events? Hmm, I wonder why not? 🤔
Is he was reluctant he would have withdrawn. He would have recognised the fact he is an Olympiccheat and bowed out. He would also recognise he has cheated ethnic women out of their place in the team. He still has full tackle no woman has this. Cis is a slur. WomenWontWheesht
Yet Semenya was told to reduce a hormone she produces naturally.
Sounds like sebcoe is an ally SexMattersOrg
Reluctant! This is a deliberate act of misogynistic sabotage.
That reluctant, but taking part? Bullshit
Ridiculous, competes as a man, gets nowhere, 'changes sex', Gold Medal! Nothing wrong here eh BBC?
The problem with your story is that your readers have eyes.
Not a history maker a cheater. Tell the truth! Men steal things from women all the time; this isn’t new or history making.
You’ll take our money but we’re not quite human enough to be allowed to take part in sports. Or have opinions about our sports being taken from us.
Hubbard is most certainly NOT reluctant! Hubbard is a cheat who is more than happy to take spaces away from her^ female competitors. Hubbard should be in the +109kg category
Yes, traditional sports must change. Sports prove to us what human being is capable of doing beyond imagination. It does not matter you are a woman or man or others. It is only necessary to separate them as categories.
Btw . This...
...and to think I was going to campaign to stop you being defunded. No, sorry, you're on your own now. SaveWomensSports
It takes a lifetime to become an elite athlete. Male & female weightlifters peak around age 25 so if someone decades past their best with an injury can already qualify, & many thousands of men & boys already beat female world records, what does the future hold for female sport?
BBC = British Broadcasting Channel UK/Britain = TERF Island British People = Gender Critical GC, TwAM, Unwoke BBC representing Britain/British People & Attitudes, Opinions & Voice, LicencePayers (British Investors)? NO! Remove BRITISH from B BC DefundTheBBC Media bias
Men winning women's sports now as well. Surely, biological women are the losers here?
Bollocks, literally.
Reluctant? Who dragged him into the sport kicking and screaming? Last I checked that's wholly voluntary.
'Reluctant'? Hubbard is a mediocre and past it male weightlifter who is twice the age of the female competitors. The only things making Hubbard compete is Hubbard's ego and complete lack of shame.
Inclusivity! yeah right, the only people excluded ( from a fair chance) is Women.
So this means we can allow steroid use now right?
Nice ratio.
Sick to death of lies. You're the BBC for goodness sake!
Utterly ridiculous
Reluctant?.... your basis for this?.....has someone forced Hubbard to take part?
we need catagories for male , female , males who used to be females , females who used to be males .
Reluctant my arse. He's a podgy middle aged bloke who'd get no where near the Olympics unless he larped as a woman. Win or lose, an actual woman has lost her chance to go to the Olympics.
“She” is musculoskeletal a he. It’s a disgusting sign of our times that a man is allowed to compete against women because he has decided he is not a man anymore.
If we could buy TVs without BBC being on them or get a blocker for Tvs we already own and not have to pay the licence fee I wonder how many people would opt for that choice? With the standard of BBC News I think there would be a lot of interest in that!
He's not reluctant. If he was 'reluctant' to steal women's places and prizes he simply wouldn't do it. While the IOC enables his cheating, he is not forced to do it. He could stay home and watch women compete in women's sport, as any decent person would do.
It’s not “hate” to point out how unfair it is for a woman who is biologically male to compete in strength sports against women that are biologically female. A solutions that’s fair to all needs to be found.
A 43 year old (oldest weightlifter to compete) 6 foot, 130 K male, competing in the 87K + female category. Despite when previously competing as a man never got anywhere near qualifying for the Olympics.
'reluctant' you have to be kidding.
If Hubbard was 'reluctant', Hubbard wouldn't be depriving women of places & medals.
'reluctant'? He's enjoying stealing a place from a woman. Hubbard is a cheating MAN. The only history here is that future generations will ask how this misognist farce was not only allowed but celebrated. We don't pay a licence fee for your reporter to fawn over a cheat.
RELUCTANT!! Are you having a laugh? Try 'Attention Seeking Cheat'...
There is nothing 'reluctant' about a Male in Women's Sport Its deliberate It's misogynistic It's cheating
I don’t give a fuck if I upset the snowflakes, this is wrong, way stronger as she used to be a man, totally unfair advantage, it’s a joke
This man has stomped his foot to be included in women's sport, he's not reluctant. He won men's heats in the 90s and couldn't qualify for them now age 43. But his male body means he can easily beat women half his age. This is biased BBC propaganda OliverDowden KemiBadenoch
I pay my license fee and, therefore, pay part of your wage so how dare you promote this shambles as something heroic and history-making! There shouldn’t be male-bodied people in women’s sports at all!
Reluctant? Depressing to see this level of inaccurate reporting and disrespect for women and girls from our own
Not reluctant enough to make the decision not to compete against women, despite her physical advantages from male puberty, was she? How many 43 year old women are taking part in the weightlifting event?
Reluctant? How do you work that one out?! You don't end up in the Olympics unless you really want to be there, and entering in the wrong sex class was a very deliberate move, as they wouldn't have a hope in hell of qualifying for the male competition.
A demented male stealing women’s spots. What’s not to like?
Men have to lower their testosterone to under 10 nmol to compete as women. A high level of testosterone for a woman is 2.8 nmol. I’m not sure your article spells this out clearly enough.
Reluctant are you having a laugh He is 43 couldnt make it in the Mens pushed his way into the Womens and some young Woman is sat at home after all her hard work because the IOC have allowed a cheating Man to take her place
Who since the fall of the DDR reluctantly competes in elite sports?
Well that's women's sports finished then. Aided and abetted by msm.
Reluctant. Should have stayed at home then.
There is no debate, he’s a cheat. Women should refuse to compete with him.
This is not ok . This person is not ‘reluctant’. They are a cheat, pure and simple
If laurel was competing in the male category I’d be cheering her on as trailblazer. This…nope
Cheat you mean. Not good enough for men's competition. So conveniently acclaims he is a woman. HE is anatomically a man. Ergo he is a cheat and a fraud. Please report the truth.
When male athletes exploit loopholes for unfair advantage BBC covers this Why the disregard here? Do some research Its unfair, unsafe & decisions made due to lobbyists without evidence its cheating report it accurately
Heather Swanson
So, so reluctant.
Cheating cheating cheater. “Reluctant” my arse.
Should be In a separate group men women and trans .....
Reluctant? Rich white male Hubbard absolutely revels in taking the place of a woman in any sports competition.
The climax of the Woman Hatey Olympics. There has been more of a rumpus about ladies swimming caps than this shite show. Mean spirited, unsporting and badly done.
'Reluctant history maker'? That famous BBC objectivity and lack of hyperbole at work again. 'Just reporting the facts, Ma'am'
Oh, I am sure the comments will be fine and nice and not offensive at all.
sorry it can not be fair 90% of male muscle I suspect
Really feal sorry for the women who have trained so hard for so long only to have there brief moment at the top of their sport taken from them by a cheater.Shame on everyone who has allowed this.
What's historic about cheating?
The dude
Good luck to them
Just how many crayons do you have to shove up your nostril before you start to think this is fine and dandy?
horrible
Reluctant men don’t compete in women’s events
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If he was reluctant he wouldn't be doing what he's doing
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