Transgender woman weightlifter Laurel Hubbard competing in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games is “like a bad joke” to biological female athletes, a rival weightlifter told Inside the Games.
“First off, I would like to stress that I fully support the transgender community, and that what I’m about to say doesn’t come from a place of rejection of this athlete’s identity,” weightlifter Anna Van Bellinghen of Belgium told the sports website.
But she soon added that “anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones: this particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes,” Inside the Games said.
Van Bellinghen, 27, is looking to qualify in the same weight category as New Zealand’s Hubbard — the over-87-kilogram super-heavyweights — and is directly affected by the presence of Hubbard, who’s set to become the first openly transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics in any sport, the website reported.
Democrats wanted it > They got it !!!!
I’m all about if you want to go around and tell everyone you a female but really a dude. If that’s your thing, go for it. However, no matter your views on the issue, there are some sports that men do excel over women. Thus the reason for Men’s/Women’s Divisions. I’m not stupid either, I know there are exceptions to the rule. I have to agree with the Belgium athlete. It’s not fair to the women who biologically born as women. If you wish to compete in the Olympics, do it under your correct biological gender. NOT your psychological/social gender.
Why do people keep referring to it as “transgender”? That’s just a made up word for a guy wearing a dress or a woman who thinks she’s a dude.