NZ Herald Focus Sport's Cheree Kinnear wraps the Tokyo Olympics news as Dame Valerie Adams while bronze and Lisa Carrington looks set for a golden blitz. Hubbard will make history when she competes tomorrow in the women's +87kg weightlifting class, becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an Olympic Games. They thought we will take the testosterone away and take the advantage away. Hubbard has broken her silence and this weekend made her first statement since the announcement of her selection to the Tokyo Olympic Games. ‌Many predictions place Hubbard in the medal positions for Tokyo, which would be New Zealand's first-ever Olympic weightlifting medal.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 01, 2021 08:37 UTC