TOKYO—They’re hefty women, ferocious women, the ladies who lift. An unfair advantage, say critics of the International Olympic Committee’s 2015 decision allowing transgender athletes to compete as they self-identify. And that was it, as the rather large assembly of spectators for a no-fans Games applauded Hubbard quite enthusiastically. Perhaps most intriguing in the Hubbard drama was the demurring from medallists on this evening when asked to comment on Hubbard. Her total of 320 kilos across two rounds, while an Olympic record, was 15 short of her own world record.

Source: thestar August 03, 2021 00:22 UTC