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The coming summer Olympics in Tokyo will make history by featuring transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who is favored to win the women’s medal for New Zealand.
According to The Guardian, while Hubbard’s presence on the New Zealand team has not been made official, “an International Weightlifting Federation insider confirmed to the Guardian that she would automatically qualify because of amended rules approved by the International Olympic Committee.”
“The insider said that while teams did not have to be named until 5 July, under the new qualification rules, which had come into effect after several competitions were lost because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Hubbard was sure of a place in Tokyo if fit,” reported the outlet. “It means Hubbard, who won silver at the 2017 world championships and was sixth after a severe injury in 2019, is almost certain to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics. And while she will be the oldest weightlifter at the Games, she will also have a genuine chance of a medal given her qualifying lifts rank her fourth out of the 14 qualifiers in the 87kg-plus super heavyweight category for Tokyo.”
Current IOC guidelines dictate that transgender athletes can participate in the female categories without undergoing surgery so long as their “total testosterone level in serum is kept below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months – a rule followed by the IWF.” Hubbard lived as a man for 35 years before identifying as a transgender woman and did not win international weightlifting titles until transitioning in 2012.
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 09: Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes in the Women's +90kg Final during the Weightlifting on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on April 9, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)