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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by The_Amp_Walrus on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:27PM (#27598689)
Olympic weightlifting is already split into relatively thin weight brackets. I think the issue is that, pound for pound, men tend to be stronger than women

In the 76-81kg womens bracket current record total (snatch + cnj) is 278kg. In the 73-81kg mens bracket the record total is 363kg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting#Weight_c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_Olymp...

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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by leephillips on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:34PM (#27598764)
Men have a huge advantage in power and speed over women of the same weight; this is uncontroversial. This is not affected by reducing blood testosterone.
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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by alvah on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:46PM (#27600227)
In a sane world this would be uncontroversial. In clown world, everything is up for grabs.
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