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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by ALittleLight on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:35AM (#27601466)
Sure, but Vanbellinghen is not claiming Hubbard should be disqualified on those grounds. The issue is that Hubbard is a biological male and has an innate advantage when it comes to lifting things.
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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by Zababa on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:04AM (#27601624)
> Vanbellinghen, 27, whose qualifying efforts were disrupted by injury, pointed out that the retained benefit of taking steroids, even years earlier, is widely known.

> "So why is it still a question whether two decades, from puberty to the age of 35, with the hormonal system of a man also would give an advantage [in competing against women]?

The issue would be the same with a long term steroid user consider how it was worded.

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