{"id":263268,"date":"2021-05-31T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/female-olympic-weightlifter-slams-transgender-athlete\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:37:10","slug":"female-olympic-weightlifter-slams-transgender-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/female-olympic-weightlifter-slams-transgender-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"#Female Olympic weightlifter slams transgender athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Female Olympic weightlifter slams transgender athlete<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A Belgian weightlifter has blasted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing a transgender female to compete in this summer\u2019s Tokyo Game<\/a>s, saying it \u201cfeels like a bad joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna Van Bellinghen told the website InsidetheGames<\/a> Sunday that while she supports the transgender community and does not reject New Zealander Laurel Hubbard\u2019s decision to transition from male to female, \u201cthis particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones,\u201d said Van Bellinghen, who is attempting to qualify for the over-87 kilogram competition. She claimed that Hubbard enjoys the same advantage over the other female competitors as someone on a long-term course of steroids. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is it still a question whether two decades, from puberty to the age of 35, with the hormonal system of a man also would give an advantage [against women]?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

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Anna Van Bellinghen says the inclusion of Laurel Hubbard is \u201cunfair to the sport and to the athletes.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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Anna Van Bellinghen claims she supports the transgender community and does not reject Laurel Hubbard\u2019s decision to transition.<\/figcaption>
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Hubbard, born Gavin Hubbard, is considered to be a medal contender in Tokyo, having won a silver medal in the over-90 kilogram competition at the 2017 World Championships and gold in the over-87 kilogram competition at the 2019 Pacific Games.<\/p>\n

According to IOC guidelines issued in 2015, transgender athletes can compete in women\u2019s events provided their level of testosterone is below 10 nanomoles per liter at least 12 months prior to their initial competition. <\/p>\n

Van Bellinghen said Hubbard\u2019s case shows \u201cthe need to set up a stricter legal framework for transgender inclusion in sports, and especially elite sports, because I do believe that everyone should have access to sports, but not at the expense of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samoan Weightlifting Federation president Jerry Wallwork, whose athletes have competed against Hubbard in regional events since her transition, told InsidetheGames that while he opposed allowing Hubbard to take part in qualification events, the real issue lies with the IOC.<\/p>\n

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Laurel Hubbard is considered to be a medal contender in Tokyo.<\/figcaption>
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IOC guidelines state transgender athletes can compete in women\u2019s events provided their testosterone levels are below 10 nanomoles per liter.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cMore research should go into this issue, or a separate category must be established for transgender lifters,\u201d he told InsidetheGames. \u201cEspecially in contact sports and power sports like weightlifting, there is a disadvantage for female athletes against transgender athletes.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Female Olympic weightlifter slams transgender athlete” A Belgian weightlifter has blasted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing a transgender female to compete in this summer\u2019s Tokyo Games, saying it \u201cfeels like a bad joke.\u201d Anna Van Bellinghen told the website InsidetheGames Sunday that while she supports the transgender community and does not reject New…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/weightlifting.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[70888,107869,90357,70290,88534],"class_list":["post-263268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2020-olympics","tag-5-31-21","tag-ioc","tag-transgender","tag-weightlifting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}