New Zealand weightlifter and trans woman Laurel Hubbard continues her quest to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand celebrates during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, on April 9, 2018.MELBOURNE — The fairness of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports will be under the microscope in Australia on Sunday when New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard continues her bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Hubbard, who competed in men’s weightlifting competitions before transitioning seven years ago, will lift in the women’s 87-plus kg division in the Australian Open in Canberra on Sunday. She kept her Olympic hopes alive by winning last month’s World Cup in Rome where she lifted 270kg, edging Ukraine’s Anastasiia Lysenko by 4kg.
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