Transgender weightlifter sparks criticism after competition win

[festeringZit]

[ This is such complete horse shit ]

[h=1]Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becomes NZ's first transgender Commonwealth Games athlete[/h][h=2][/h]Last updated 11:37, November 24 2017

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Laurel Hubbard will represent New Zealand at next year's Commonwealth Games.



Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has become the first transgender athlete named in a New Zealand Commonwealth Games team.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee and Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand (OWNZ) on Friday confirmed the 39-year-old woman was one of 12 athletes in New Zealand's weightlifting team for April's games on the Gold Coast.
Hubbard will compete in the women's +90kg category, introduced by the International Weightlifting Federation at the start of the year.
The International Olympic Committee acknowledges athletes only as male or female. There is no transgender category.
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Hubbard, the daughter of former Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard, is understood to have become the first transgender athlete to represent New Zealand in any sport in March, when she competed in an international weightlifting event in Melbourne.
She comfortably won the 90kg+ section, causing some rivals to say it was unfair to compete against an opponent who had previously competed in national men's competitions as Gavin Hubbard.
At the time of her selection in March, OWNZ president Garry Marshall told NZME he believed Hubbard had "huge advantages" over her rivals.
"She competed for a long time as a man and her efforts were very strong. That strength has remained with her despite reduced testosterone.

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"That point is not recognised by the science and some of our competitors would say that's not fair," Marshall said.
Laurel won both the Australia Weightlifting Open and Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships this year. She will compete at the IWF world senior championships in Anaheim in December.
Among others, joining Laurel in New Zealand's team is 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Richard Patterson (-85kg), silver medallist Stanislav Chalaev (-105kg) and bronze medal winner Tracey Lambrechs (-90kg).
It will mark Patterson's fourth Commonwealth Games. No Kiwi weightlifter has previously reached the feat.
Dunedin's Andrea Miller (69kg), who won bronze in the 100m hurdles at the 2010 Delhi games, has successfully switched sports and will compete in the -69kg section.
Cameron McTaggart, the brother of promising Auckland pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart, has also been included.
"There's been a lot of hard work to get to this point and now these athletes can really work towards the games," OWNZ high performance manager Simon Kent said in a statement.
"We're going to Gold Coast 2018 to compete at the top level and we want to bring back more medals than we did in Glasgow.
New Zealand has won 39 weightlifting medals at past Commonwealth Games.
AT A GLANCE
Men: Ianne Ernesto Guinares (-62kg), Vester Villalon (-69kg), Cameron McTaggart (-77kg), Richard Patterson (-85kg), Stanislav Chalaev (-105kg), David Liti (+105kg).
Women: Phillipa Patterson (-53kg), Alethea Boon (-58kg), Andrea Miller (-69kg), Bailey Rogers (-75kg), Tracey Lambrechs (-90kg), Laurel Hubbard (+90kg).

 

[StevieRay]

Geeez. Just have an all queer contest and keep them out of normal competitions

 

[JoeShmoe]

wtf is this world coming to. So unfair to the other "real" female athletes.

 

[thepropguy]

its just stupid. what are these trans-athletes thinking. are they really proud of themselves?

they are crazy if they are

 

[Michelangelo]

I looked at that first picture and thought which one is the tranny.

F'd up world we live in.

And guys like Wilbur shit in Zit for thinking this is abnormal.

 

[JustinCruise]

Lmao

 

[slapshot]

Geeez. Just have an all queer contest and keep them out of normal competitions

Post of the year nominee

 

[Acebb]

This is unreal.

[h=1]Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships[/h]
The "girl" is the 2nd from the left in the photo

 

[festeringZit]

[ Liberalism sucks ass ]

[h=1]MALE RUNNERS CONTINUE DOMINATING GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL TRACK IN CONNECTICUT[/h]
[FONT=&quot]Two male runners are continuing to dominate high school girls’ track in Connecticut.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]High school juniors Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood took first and second place in the state open indoor track championships Feb. 16, The Associated Press noted in a report Sunday. Both Miller and Yearwood are biological males who identify as transgender girls.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One of their competitors, high school junior Selina Soule, told the AP it was unfair to force female runners to compete against male runners.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“We all know the outcome of the race before it even starts; it’s demoralizing,” said Soule. “I fully support and am happy for these athletes for being true to themselves. They should have the right to express themselves in school, but athletics have always had extra rules to keep the competition fair.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Miller is the third-faster runner in the country in the girls’ 55-meter dash. Yearwood is close behind, tied for seventh nationally.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Miller and Yearwood’s success is just the latest instance of male athletes, who identify as transgender, excelling in women’s sports. (RELATED: Democratic Congresswoman Calls It A ‘Myth’ That Transgender Athletes Have ‘Direct Competitive Advantage’ In Women’s Sports)[/FONT]
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Terry Miller, a male athlete who identifies as a transgender girl, is dominating girls’ track and field in Connecticut (Screenshot/ABC)​

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[FONT=&quot]Miller and Yearwood easily outpaced female runners in the state in 2018 as well, when both were sophomores.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]A sympathetic segment on ABC’s “Good Morning America” in June 2018 described the two runners as “dominating the competition” at the outdoor state championships earlier that month.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In that interview, Miller argued that female runners should work harder, rather than complaining about unfairness, when forced to compete against male athletes who identify as transgender.
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[FONT=&quot]Yearwood acknowledged being stronger than female runners to the AP, but compared it to advantages other athletes might have from perfecting their form or doing extra training sessions.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“One high jumper could be taller and have longer legs than another, but the other could have perfect form, and then do better,” Yearwood told the AP. “One sprinter could have parents who spend so much money on personal training for their child, which in turn, would cause that child to run faster.”[/FONT]

 

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[pathologist]

This shit is just insane, how can this be real

 

[StevieRay]

The dumbing of America. What a shit show. Again, have all queer competitions, left normal contests be normal

 

[festeringZit]

[ Hilarious. This guy "identified" as a woman just for a few secs, just to beat the record. That's how fucking stupid this situation is. Liberalism sucks ass. ]

 

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[Acebb]

Finally, some sanity


[h=1]Trans Powerlifter Stripped Of Titles In Women’s Championships[/h]

[FONT=&quot]“It was revealed that this female lifter was actually a male in the process of becoming a Transgender female,” Bossi said in the statement.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Our rules, and the basis of separating genders for competition, are based on physiological classification rather than identification.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“On the basis of all information presented to the Board of Directors for this particular case, the conclusion made, is that the correct physiological classification is male.”

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[festeringZit]

[ While this is satire, it sure hits the nail on the head ]

Man Identifying As 6-Year-Old Crushes Game-Winning Homer In Tee-Ball Championship
June 6th, 2017

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AUBURN, CA—Local 36-year-old man Nate Ripley, who identifies as a six-year-old, “absolutely crushed” a game-winning homer at a local tee-ball game and won the championship for his team Monday evening, reports confirmed.
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Ripley reportedly walked up to the plate in the bottom of the 6th, pointed his bat toward the left-field wall looming 130 feet in the distance, and let her rip, sending the ball rocketing over the fence and into a parking lot as the fans cheered and his coach yelled out, “Attaboy, Nate! Good job, bud!”
His team, the Lil’ Padres, attempted to hoist him up on their shoulders in celebration of their great victory over the favored Tiny Tigers, but were unable to pick up the large 230-pound man.
Ripley’s feat comes at the end of a momentous tee-ball season, in which the self-identified six-year-old absolutely shattered every record set prior to that point. With a 1.000 batting average, 52 home runs, and an incredible showing at first base, second base, shortstop, third base, and pitcher, the man is being called an inspiration to other six-year-olds everywhere.
“I’m just proud to be here with my team. It’s all for the love of the game,” an emotional Ripley told reporters while enjoying an orange slice and juice box after the championship. “I couldn’t have done it without my team.”

 

[StevieRay]

[ While this is satire, it sure hits the nail on the head ]

Man Identifying As 6-Year-Old Crushes Game-Winning Homer In Tee-Ball Championship
June 6th, 2017

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AUBURN, CA—Local 36-year-old man Nate Ripley, who identifies as a six-year-old, “absolutely crushed” a game-winning homer at a local tee-ball game and won the championship for his team Monday evening, reports confirmed.
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Ripley reportedly walked up to the plate in the bottom of the 6th, pointed his bat toward the left-field wall looming 130 feet in the distance, and let her rip, sending the ball rocketing over the fence and into a parking lot as the fans cheered and his coach yelled out, “Attaboy, Nate! Good job, bud!”
His team, the Lil’ Padres, attempted to hoist him up on their shoulders in celebration of their great victory over the favored Tiny Tigers, but were unable to pick up the large 230-pound man.
Ripley’s feat comes at the end of a momentous tee-ball season, in which the self-identified six-year-old absolutely shattered every record set prior to that point. With a 1.000 batting average, 52 home runs, and an incredible showing at first base, second base, shortstop, third base, and pitcher, the man is being called an inspiration to other six-year-olds everywhere.
“I’m just proud to be here with my team. It’s all for the love of the game,” an emotional Ripley told reporters while enjoying an orange slice and juice box after the championship. “I couldn’t have done it without my team.”

Hahaha. Good stuff

 

[HacheMan]

Haven't somewhere & at sometime in the past we've talked about what nonsense it is that females were demanding they get tryouts & roster spots for male football teams and other sports?

It may sound cruel & sexist, but they asked for this and isn't it fair play?

 

[rolltide]

couldn't qualify for marathon as a male, changed name from Steve to Stevie and put on a dress, finished 3rd at next marathon in female category