As the first openly transgender female athlete to compete at the Olympics, Laurel Hubbard was making history and huge controversy in the Tokyo International Forum. It certainly looked like the weight of the world was on her shoulders. Eliminated without registering a score in her three attempts at the snatch in the +87kg class in women’s weightlifting, New Zealand’s Hubbard was first to leave the competition. SponsoredNo medal, no fresh firestorm to engulf them, though sport’s administrators are fooling themselves if they think this issue went away as Hubbard departed, saying that a blow had been struck for sport-for-all. Some people will feel that way, but the row will continue about fairness

Source: The Times August 02, 2021 15:45 UTC