New Zealand Olympic weightlifter: Women will be 'knocked out' of sports by transgender athletes Tracey Lambrechs

[anna_gari_maata]

Laurel Hubbard recently made history as the first transgender athlete to make it to the Olympics after qualifying for New Zealand’s weightlifting team. Hubbard has faced backlash, with some athletes saying it’s "unfair" for her to compete in women’s sports at that level. 

Tracey Lambrechs, a recently retired New Zealand weightlifter and Olympian in 2016, previously held multiple national weightlifting records until Hubbard began competing. 

She said in an interview on "Fox & Friends" that she received a call from her coach telling her that all of her records had been broken over a weekend.

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"I was like ‘What do you mean? There’s no one that’s close to me,’" she said, as she recalled the news of losing her top ranking. "Laurel started weightlifting, and she competed on the weekend. So as of now, you’re number two."

Lambrechs was then forced out of her weight class for competitions because each nation is only allowed to send one athlete per class to compete. 

"I was told by the national weightlifting body that I either needed to drop a weight category or look at retiring."

As a result, Lambrechs lost 18 kilograms, or nearly 40 pounds, in three months in order to qualify for a lower weight class.

"I just did what I had to do to accomplish my goal of competing at my third Commonwealth Games. It meant a lot to me to show the Commonwealth that I wasn't knocked out that easily."

Lambrechs has since retired from weightlifting, saying she was upset with the way she was treated as an athlete and had enough after her last competition.

She warned the entrance of transgender athletes into competitions will have a larger impact on women’s sports. 

"It’s honestly going to knock women out of sport. Women are not going to want to participate in something where there isn’t opportunity for them to win medals or go to international competition," she said.

[anna_gari_maata]

I think Trans people should have their own category

[Spartan]

3 minutes ago, anna_gari_maata said:

I think Trans people should have their own category

Agreed.

[Dabbakai]

Caster Semenya ni chusinaka I felt bad for women athletes. 

why cant they compete in mens' is it because with their genetic advantage they can beat women easy peasy ??

[vokatonumberkurrodu]

Men/women can identify themselves as opposite gender...no paperwork needed.

but I cannot identify myself as US Citizen. very unfair.

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1 hour ago, anna_gari_maata said:

I think Trans people should have their own category

 

1 hour ago, Spartan said:

Agreed.

Hey, em maatladutunnaru? Women and men are equal. Moosukuni compete then.

[Shameless]

1 hour ago, anna_gari_maata said:

Laurel Hubbard recently made history as the first transgender athlete to make it to the Olympics after qualifying for New Zealand’s weightlifting team. Hubbard has faced backlash, with some athletes saying it’s "unfair" for her to compete in women’s sports at that level. 

Tracey Lambrechs, a recently retired New Zealand weightlifter and Olympian in 2016, previously held multiple national weightlifting records until Hubbard began competing. 

She said in an interview on "Fox & Friends" that she received a call from her coach telling her that all of her records had been broken over a weekend.

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"I was like ‘What do you mean? There’s no one that’s close to me,’" she said, as she recalled the news of losing her top ranking. "Laurel started weightlifting, and she competed on the weekend. So as of now, you’re number two."

Lambrechs was then forced out of her weight class for competitions because each nation is only allowed to send one athlete per class to compete. 

"I was told by the national weightlifting body that I either needed to drop a weight category or look at retiring."

As a result, Lambrechs lost 18 kilograms, or nearly 40 pounds, in three months in order to qualify for a lower weight class.

"I just did what I had to do to accomplish my goal of competing at my third Commonwealth Games. It meant a lot to me to show the Commonwealth that I wasn't knocked out that easily."

Lambrechs has since retired from weightlifting, saying she was upset with the way she was treated as an athlete and had enough after her last competition.

She warned the entrance of transgender athletes into competitions will have a larger impact on women’s sports. 

"It’s honestly going to knock women out of sport. Women are not going to want to participate in something where there isn’t opportunity for them to win medals or go to international competition," she said.

 

[Dabbakai]

2 minutes ago, MRI said:

 

Hey, em maatladutunnaru? Women and men are equal. Moosukuni compete then.

if so why two categories then andarini homo sapiens kiinda adiste sari Hoomans anna oppukoru ga feminists because its a man in there .

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Baagayindi 

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9 hours ago, Dabbakai said:

if so why two categories then andarini homo sapiens kiinda adiste sari Hoomans anna oppukoru ga feminists because its a man in there .

very intelligent question.. inko saari adigithey edchi gola pedataam.. ninnu anti-women ga project chestaam antunna @Anta Assamey and @Vaampire

[Pavanonline]

13 hours ago, Dabbakai said:

Caster Semenya ni chusinaka I felt bad for women athletes. 

why cant they compete in mens' is it because with their genetic advantage they can beat women easy peasy ??

Akkada gelavaleke kada Ee veshalu, women sports will all be men in some years.