New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard, who competed in weightlifting after undergoing gender reassignment surgery for the first time in Olympic history, failed her medal challenge.
Hubbard competed in the women's heavyweight (87 kg or more) group A competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan, but failed in the first to third periods of the raise.
Hubbard, who lifted 120 kg in the first period and passed the bar back, lifted 125 kg above his head in the second period.
However, the referee declared a 'no lift', saying Hubbard's lift motion was not perfect.
Hubbard also applied for 125 kg in the third period, but it also failed.
If you fail in all of the 1st to 3rd raise periods, you will not be able to participate in the Jerk Match.
Even after being disqualified, Hubbard waved his hand and smiled brightly.
He also said, "I gained a lot just by being on the Olympic stage."
Hubbard, who was born as a male, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2013 after working as a 105kg male weightlifter.
Afterwards, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed transgender athletes to compete in the 2015 Olympics, qualifying them to compete in the women's event.
At that time, the IOC banned the participation of transgender athletes in the women's competition with guidelines that the blood level of testosterone, a male hormone, should be less than 10 nmol/L (10 nmol/L of blood; nano is 1 in billion) for at least 12 months immediately before the first competition. allowed.
Hubbard, who has played for the New Zealand national team since 2017, took second place (275 kg) in the women's heavyweight event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, California, USA in December of that year, lifting 124 kg and jerking 151 kg.
Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to win a medal at the World Weightlifting Championships.
(SBS New Media Department)