{"id":609718,"date":"2021-08-03T13:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T17:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=609718"},"modified":"2021-08-03T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T17:51:30","slug":"watch-sports-scientist-on-bbc-yes-trans-athletes-have-advantages-over-women-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sports-scientist-on-bbc-yes-trans-athletes-have-advantages-over-women-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sports Scientist On BBC: Yes, Trans Athletes Have Advantages Over Women. Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fwatch-sports-scientist-on-bbc-yes-trans-athletes-have-advantages-over-women-heres-why%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=609718&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\/08\/GettyImages-1234401140.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CSEXtRxqzlK\/?utm_medium=copy_link\">Ross Tucker<\/a> went on BBC airwaves Monday to discuss the controversial participation of transgender athlete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trans-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-after-failed-lifts-i-know-my-participation-has-not-been-without-controversy\">Laurel Hubbard<\/a> in the women\u2019s +87kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Bucking the mainstream narrative, Tucker explained the advantages Hubbard has in the competition against women as a biological male, irrespective of outcome or even hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard, a 43-year-old biological male who identifies as a woman, failed Monday to complete any of the three snatch lifts attempted and did not advance in the +87kg weightlifting competition.<\/p>\n<p>Some claimed Hubbard\u2019s loss was evidence that Hubbard was not at an advantage as a biological male who underwent hormone therapy. Tucker explained why that\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rules state that the athlete has to reduce their testosterone level,\u201d the BBC presenter said of trans athletes. \u201cIn your view, Ross, is that enough to allow a trans woman to compete in an event like weightlifting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it\u2019s not. That\u2019s the short answer,\u201d Tucker responded. \u201cThe problem is that there\u2019s an asymmetry where, once testosterone has done its job, and viewers will know what that job is \u2014 it\u2019s basically the development of male characteristics which we see so prominently during puberty and adolescence, so we\u2019re talking muscle, bone, decreased body fat, increased heart and lung size \u2014 all of which adds up to strength and performance advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce those are laid down by testosterone\u2019s effects you can\u2019t undo them simply by lowering the testosterone level,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd there are now ample studies that have demonstrated this. And so, therefore, the conclusion is that even the suppression of testosterone, as is required, leaves behind a considerable residual advantage that then means it\u2019s unfair to cross into the woman\u2019s sport category.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked by the BBC if Tucker suspects the rules for transgender athletes will change in the future, the sports expert said it depends on what is prioritized in sports: \u201cfairness and safety\u201d or \u201cinclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"cue-group style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" readability=\"44.5\">\n<div class=\"cues style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" readability=\"59\">\n<p class=\"cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" role=\"button\">\u201cThe physiological side that I\u2019ve just spoken about is relatively simple,\u201d Tucker emphasized, \u201cwhere this becomes a bit more complex \u2026 is that there\u2019s a societal pressure for inclusion. So, what sport actually then has to do is it has to try and juggle these two conflicting imperatives \u2026&nbsp;fairness and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some sports, there\u2019s also a safety consideration. And whether sports wish to try and do that or not will determine whether they change the policy. Some sports will go with safety priority number one, fairness, and then inclusion,\u201d Tucker continued. \u201cOthers may say that inclusion matters more, and they will then keep the same policy. So it really depends what they want to make of those different imperatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucker was then asked about Hubbard\u2019s poor showing at the Tokyo Olympics and how the results might bolster opponents\u2019 argument that biological men somehow do not have an advantage over biological females.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker explained that the results are irrelevant to Hubbard\u2019s inclusion in female sports. \u201cI\u2019m pretty confident that you can\u2019t measure advantage relative to others; you have to measure whether an advantage exists relative to yourself,\u201d he argued. \u201cI mean if I were to dope to compete in the Olympics, I would certainly have an advantage. I still wouldn\u2019t win it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"cue-group style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" readability=\"36\">\n<div class=\"cues style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" readability=\"42\">\n<p class=\"cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" role=\"button\">To say Hubbard didn\u2019t clean up at the Olympics and \u201ctherefore there\u2019s no advantage, that to me is an incorrect assessment of what has happened,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer\" role=\"button\">\u201cIt was already a polarized and difficult debate to be involved in, but as far as I\u2019m concerned, the results shouldn\u2019t change the principle, and the principle is that women\u2019s support needs to be protected against testosterone advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laurel Hubbard out of weightlifting after failing to register successful lift - BBC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HbSLAAG1zmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Ross Tucker went on BBC airwaves Monday to discuss the controversial participation of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard in the women\u2019s +87kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics.Bucking the mainstream &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-609718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}