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In search of a level playing field. Hubbard is being billed as the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics. Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press The challenge of transgender and intersex athletes is perceived as a contemporary issue, but it has vexed sports federations for almost years The Summer Olympics have long been a forum for politically charged causes, and the delayed Tokyo Games will be no different.

Once upon a time Hubbard competed in weightlifting — as a man. As Gavin Hubbard, he set national records in junior competition under He transitioned International Federation Of State High School Athletes female in and underwent hormone therapy. Laurel Hubbard ignited protests of unfairness after winning two gold medals and a silver medal in the Pacific Games. Hubbard is 6-foot-1, pounds and the oldest woman in the Olympic competition, at The Olympics have a long history of athletes whose gender was fluid or just plain uncertain, and the International Olympic Committee went to great lengths to stop them.

Hubbard is a lightning rod for the transgender issue in sports — one of many, actually. I am aware that defining a legal frame for transgender participation in sports is very difficult since there is an infinite variety of situations, and that reaching an entirely satisfactory solution, from either side of the debate, is probably impossible.

However, anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones: This particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes. That is no longer the case. The transgender issue is showing up at every level of sport with increased frequency and has now reached the halls of Congress.

Because of the pandemic, she never got to compete outdoors in University of Montana June Eastwood No.]

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Further information: History of sport Prior to the modern day, there were instances of multi-sport events held centuries or millennia in the past. The Tailteann Games , held near modern Telltown in Ireland , was one of the first multi-sport festivals to be recorded, with a history that traces back to BC. There were several other games held in Europe in the classical era. The Roman Games , held in ancient Rome , focused on Greek sports as well as the Etruscan sport of gladiatorial combat. As these multi-sport events or festivals occurred preth century, when the rules for today's modern sports were largely different or yet to be established, these are not included in the table. The events noted in this section documents all known historical multi-sport events. Scope[ edit ] Multi-sport events can be classified by scope.

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