Re transgender lifter Laurel Hubbard - I don't think this is fair to bio female weight lifters

I get that her testosterone is below setpoints established by the sporting rules but in her first time competing internationally she is blowing away the elite bio-female competitors by 19 kgs - a huge margin.

Weightlifting: Transgender lifter Laurel Hubbard wins first international outing

You can do all the handwaving you want that her time competing as a weightlifting man makes no difference as long as her T scores are within spec, but the results here make it clear that it’s a nonsensical position to take in a sport like weightlifting.

Trans people should not be limited in what they want to pursue but in categorizing sports records there’s going to have to be a commonsense reality check in certain circumstances where having been a bio male is going to offer overwhelming advantages in competing. This is rendering bio females weightlifting records and accomplishments meaningless.

aldiboronti already did the heavy lifting.

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