New Zealand's selection of a trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for Tokyo Olympic games causes outrage amongst female athletes

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Weightlifting - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's +90kg - Final - Carrara Sports Arena 1 - Gold Coast, Australia - April 9, 2018. Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes. REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo

After the trans-weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was taped into the Tokyo Olympic Games, New Zealand has been charged with undermining female athletics.

Kereyn Smith, CEO of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) claimed that Hubbard meets the international match qualifications and emphasized that the NZOC team has a 'strong culture of integration and respect for everybody.' The ruling was controversial and Smith admitted that 'human rights' should be equilibrated with 'fair play' in the sphere of gender identity in sports.

But many disagreed that New Zealand had adequately evaluated these aspects before Hubbard was invited to participate.

Save the sports of women Australia has accused IOC of "trafficking in" women, which works to maintain women's sports in Australia and New Zealand.

"Women are not a level of hormones nor do we have a 'female sex identity' self-declaration. The group said in response to the statement, "Shame on them."

The history-building involvement of Hubbard in the Games sets an "absent" precedent which in the coming years will bring immense damage to women's sport.

One critic has said that male athletes "mediocre" are champions if they are allowed to take part in female races and that Hubbard's choice has become profoundly unjust and undermines the integrity of women's sports.

Others have just accused New Zealand of "trying" with Hubbard.

Calls for boycotts were also made. Women ought not should compete with Hubbard, furious people on Twitter argued.

"How the fuck did the world get there? How did logic and common sense come about?" Request one observer irritated.

Some people have said that the participation of Hubbard in the Tokyo Games has been the inevitable result of "féminists" opposing their interests.

The commentator predicted that "Trans Women shall eventually deploy Patriarchy in women's areas."

NZOC confirmed last Monday that Hubbard would be the first transgender woman to compete in international games at the Tokyo Games in the super-heavyweight 87kilos category and they will start next month. Hubbard, who will be the oldest lift in the event, had participated before the shift in 2013 in men's lifting competitions.

In a statement, the athlete stated she was "humbled" by the support that her fellow New Zealanders had given to her.

Publish : 2021-06-21 17:56:00

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