{"id":569153,"date":"2021-06-21T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569153"},"modified":"2021-06-21T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:36:53","slug":"like-a-bad-joke-female-competitor-reacts-to-trans-weightlifter-competing-in-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/like-a-bad-joke-female-competitor-reacts-to-trans-weightlifter-competing-in-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like A Bad Joke\u2019: Female Competitor Reacts To Trans Weightlifter Competing In Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flike-a-bad-joke-female-competitor-reacts-to-trans-weightlifter-competing-in-olympic-games%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232249688.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s looking like female weightlifter Anna Vanbellinghen is going to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/first-openly-transgender-athlete-will-compete-in-olympics-after-dominating-female-weightlifting-competitions\">Laurel Hubbard<\/a>, a former men\u2019s weightlifting competitor who now identities as a woman \u2014 and Vanbellinghen is not too thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian weightlifter likened the prospects of Hubbard, who is a biological man, competing in the Games to \u201ca bad joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst off, I would like to stress that I fully support the transgender community, and that what I\u2019m about to say doesn\u2019t come from a place of rejection of this athlete\u2019s identity,\u201d Vanbellinghen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/more-sports\/rival-on-transgender-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-competing-in-tokyo-olympics-like-a-bad-joke\/ar-AAKzEyV?li=BBnbfcL\">said<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cI am aware that defining a legal frame for transgender participation in sports is very difficult since there is an infinite variety of situations, and that reaching an entirely satisfactory solution, from either side of the debate, is probably impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones: this particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes,\u201d the athlete emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Since Hubbard physically developed as a man before transitioning, the trans weightlifter is at an inherent unfair advantage over biologically female competitors, said Vanbellinghen.\u00a0\u201cSo why 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?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that for sports authorities nothing is as simple as following your common sense, and that there are a lot of impracticalities when studying such a rare phenomenon, but for athletes the whole thing feels like a bad joke,\u201d Vanbellinghen continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife-changing opportunities are missed for some athletes \u2014 medals and Olympic qualifications \u2014 and we are powerless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard notably took silver in the 2017 world championships, sparking outrage from proponents of women\u2019s sports and fellow athletes. The athlete responded by highlighting so-called \u201cevolving\u201d \u201cscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an athlete, all I can really do is block that out,\u201d Hubbard told a New Zealand radio station in 2017, referring to criticism. \u201cIf I try and take that weight on board, it just makes the lifts harder. All I can really do is just focus and lift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe science is evolving, and the position of the IOC is evolving too,\u201d the weightlifter added. \u201cWhat most people probably don\u2019t realize is that I actually satisfy the requirements of the 2003 Stockholm consensus, which were the original rules that the IOC agreed upon to allow participation of people like myself. So I am not competing under a recent rule change. I am competing under rules which have been in place now for 14 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/first-openly-transgender-athlete-will-compete-in-olympics-after-dominating-female-weightlifting-competitions\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Hubbard released a statement reacting to the news that the weightlifter will be able to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games against biological women.\u00a0\u201cI am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders,\u201d Hubbard said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/first-openly-transgender-athlete-will-compete-in-olympics-after-dominating-female-weightlifting-competitions\">First Openly Transgender Athlete Will Compete In Olympics After Dominating Female Weightlifting\u00a0Competitions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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