Transgender MTF picked for Olympics weightlifting

[Chuk_Chuk]

I'm not saying whether it's right or wrong, to be honest I don't think she should be allowed to compete since she had the advantage of training and competing as a man up to her 30s. It's some posters have got it in her head that she will turn up and throw up a 50kg heavier lift than the other competitors, Hubbard will be competitive but she's not massively in front of the rest.

Fair enough, i rescind my sarcastic ending.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

To add, how can we make it fair so that white people have a chance of ever winning a medal again.

Its probably worth noting that a white woman also has no chance of winning a gold medal in the 100m, 200m etc

Swings and roundabouts.
Running medals are for black people, swimming medals are for white people.

 

[Somnambulist]

The World Athletic Championships in Doha, 29 September 2019. The 4x400 mixed relay final (2 men and 2 women per team) sees Poland, with a female runner, start the last leg with at least a five-second lead. Most teams chose this strategy: Male Female Female Male. So they chose a male for a good head start and a male as the last anchor to hold in their position. However, Poland decided to do: Male Male Female Female Their strategy was trying to get a large enough lead in order for the last female anchor to be able to hold out...

 

[robgmun]

Saw that article this morning and just laughed. A feminists nightmare.

Part of me wants this to happen to bring those feminists down a peg or two. The whining is delicious

 

[Junglist]

To add, how can we make it fair so that white people have a chance of ever winning a medal again.

Its probably worth noting that a white woman also has no chance of winning a gold medal in the 100m, 200m etc

In the swimming they do. As long as Phelps is alive no one else stands a chance

edit: @Chuk_Chuk beat me to it

 

[deuse]

Just make an "other" catagory, so we can ignore it.

Or pronoun events

 

[MatsyLR]

But that doesn't fit the narrative! GET IT OUT OF HERE!!!
Cherry speeding past her was funny.

 

[robgmun]

10% of people are gay, it doesn't change their sex but something different is going on.

6% see themselves as LGBTQ+, I always thought they greatly exaggerated the amount gay people back in the 90's when growing up but a recent survay showed that only 6% see themselves as anything other than straight.

 

[robgmun]

I hope all the actual women, refuse to compete on the day and just walk off.

I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet, I'm sure a few of them have thought this but it won't make any impact unless they all walk out.

 

[Nasher]

Yep, they will only sort it out when the viewer ratings and sponsorship money dries up.

 

[robgmun]

has any trans dude gone into women's boxing yet? or mma?

Yes, and it was brutal.

 

[simc1978]

Seems that an enormously disproportionate amount of gammon in justice is being levelled at one trans athlete when other factors such as the month of your birth have far more impact on a persons likelihood to make it to the elite level. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_age_effect

 

[Dis86]

has any trans dude gone into women's boxing yet? or mma?

Yeah. It went as expected.

 

[MikeTheNative]

It's one 40+ competitor for now, she will only make one Olympics , we will see how long for other Male to Female athletes to come along and it to become more of a deal.

 

[simc1978]

But that doesn't fit the narrative! GET IT OUT OF HERE!!!
Cherry speeding past her was funny.

In the context of this thread that seems an entirely false comparison as presumably the male athletes in that race didn't have their testosterone levels artificially limited.

 

[Roar87]

It's one 40+ competitor for now, she will only make one Olympics , we will see how long for other Male to Female athletes to come along and it to become more of a deal.

Surely in something as highly competitive as the Olympics one unfair competitor being allowed to compete is already destroying the integrity of the competition. It's literally just a matter of time until there's no such thing as female athletics, so there will be no female athletes. If the women's category isn't protected from people who are basically cheaters then it's pointless any women showing up.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Surely in a something as highly competitive as the Olympics one unfair competitor being allowed to compete is already destroying the integrity of the competition. It's literally just a matter of time until there's no such thing as female athletics, so there will be no female athletes. If the women's category isn't protected from people who are basically cheaters then it's pointless any women showing up.

I don't think having one competitor in weight lifting event will be much of a deal tbh (to public perception). As I said, if it ends up there are other MtF athletes then it will be scrutinised a lot more and it may sway public perception (this is what the ICO cares about at the end of the day). But if it's just Hubbard this year then there's none next Olympics it will be at the back of the public's minds.

 

[Roar87]

I don't think having one competitor in weight lifting event will be much of a deal tbh (to public perception). As I said, if it ends up there are other MtF athletes then it will be scrutinised a lot more and it may sway public perception (this is what the ICO cares about at the end of the day). But if it's just Hubbard this year then there's none next Olympics it will be at the back of the public's minds.

What if Hubbard breaks some records, how do you think the women who held those records will feel? Should there be an asterix next to Hubbards name stating that she was born male? In basically every single event, a man could choose to compete as a woman and break world records, and because of the accolades at stake that will inevitably happen, so how does female athletics have any integrity at all? It no longer does and I feel sorry for any girl growing up who wants to be a professional athlete.

 

[Tony Edwards]

So he failed as a man and now trying to batt for the other side.

Maybe its about time you gave it a go and see if it works out for you as well.

 

[fendi]

Yeah. It went as expected.

i remember when they were talking about ronda rousey taking on floyd mayweather. that would have been a good fight