{"id":845633,"date":"2021-10-04T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=845633"},"modified":"2021-10-04T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:44:11","slug":"transgender-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-wins-sportswoman-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-wins-sportswoman-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard Wins \u2018Sportswoman Of The Year\u2019 Award"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftransgender-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-wins-sportswoman-of-the-year-award%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=845633&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-943598930-scaled-e1624293148472.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who was the first male-t0-female transgender individual to compete in a women\u2019s Olympic event, was named \u201cSportwoman of the Year\u201d by New Zealand\u2019s University of Otago despite being biologically male.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard made headlines earlier this year after qualifying for the women\u2019s 87+ kilogram weightlifting competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after testing below the threshold for competing as a female, with a testosterone level lower than \u201cten nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months before the competition,\u201d per Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard transitioned more than nine years ago, and fell well under the threshold for the 2020 games.&nbsp;Previously, Hubbard had competed \u201cfor New Zealand as a 20-year-old junior male athlete,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/more-sports\/transgender-star-laurel-hubbard-named-sportswoman-of-the-year\/news-story\/af1037234391b112af574e7e81f7a37d\">news.com.au<\/a>, transitioned, and then returned to compete as a female in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard is \u201cgrateful for all of the support and kindness received from the teaching staff and students at Otago University,\u201d according to a statement the athlete released after learning of the award. &nbsp;\u2018<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not possible for athletes to complete at the Olympic level without the encouragement and aroha of friends, family and supporters. This award belongs to everyone who has been part of my Olympic journey,\u201d Hubbard added, referencing a traditional Maori term meaning \u201ccompassion\u201d or \u201clove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Hubbard has made headlines for being the first transgender athlete to compete in a women\u2019s Olympic event, Hubbard floundered in Olympic competition, failing to complete either lift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy performance wasn\u2019t what I had hoped but I\u2019m humbled by the support I\u2019ve received from so many people around New Zealand,\u201d Hubbard said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard indeed had the support of the New Zealand Olympic Committee even though male-to-female transgender individuals\u2019 participation in women\u2019s sports is a controversial topic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cWe acknowledge that gender identity in sport is a highly sensitive and complex issue requiring a balance between human rights and fairness on the field of play,\u201d the NZOC said at the time., <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-weightlifting-laurel-hubbard-e721827cdaf7299f47a9115a09c2a162\">according to the Associated Press<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cThe New Zealand team is committed to supporting all eligible New Zealand athletes at the Olympic Games, ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing as they compete on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard\u2019s competitors refused to comment on the matter in a post-competition press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee seemed determined to wait until after Hubbard competed to make definitive guidelines for male-to-female transgender individuals\u2019 participation in women\u2019s events. Although the IOC maintained the \u201cten nanomoles per liter\u201d standard for transgender athletes competing at Tokyo \u2014 and there were several others, as well as at least one non-binary athlete \u2014 the IOC now says it plans to review those guidelines and update them for future Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IOC will release a new \u2018framework\u2019 for transgender athletes\u2019 eligibility in the coming months,\u201d the Associated Press noted. \u201cThat document is expected to take into account newer scientific studies published since the last major review in 2015. That will form a basis for sports to draw up their own updated policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next Olympic Games, the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, does not yet appear to have any transgender athletes competing.<\/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\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who was the first male-t0-female transgender individual to compete in a women\u2019s Olympic event, was named \u201cSportwoman of the Year\u201d by New Zealand\u2019s University of Otago &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845633","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\/845633","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=845633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845633\/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=845633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}