Weight of the world
Jul 11, 2021
2 minutes
No Kiwi participant in Tokyo will be more under the spotlight – interrogation lamp might be more accurate – than weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender athlete to compete in an Olympics.
The issue of athletes who have transitioned from male to female competing as women, particularly in power events such as weightlifting, is one of the most contentious – perhaps intractable
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