RT (Daily news)
Speaking to reporters a day after failing with three snatches at the Tokyo Olympic Games, transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has said she anticipates "the end of my journey" in sport and claimed some react to her with "fear".
EastBayTimes.com
Wes Kitts set an American weightlifting record on the way to finishing eighth at the Tokyo Games.
International Weightlifting Federation
Tuesday night DJURAEV Akbar became Uzbekistan’s second man ever to win Olympic Weightlifting gold after taking the top spot on the podium in the 109kg category at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Putting up an Olympic Record clean & jerk of 237kg on his final attempt...
New York Post
A day after weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an individual Olympic event, Canadian soccer star Quinn is poised to make more history for transgender athletes.
TheSun.co.uk
WEIGHTLIFTER Laurel Hubbard has revealed she is set to retire from the sport following her exit from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The New Zealander made history this week by becoming the first transgender athlete to compete in an individual event at the Games.
International Weightlifting Federation
Fifty-seven years ago this October 11, Sam COFFA, then 28, stepped onto the stage at Shibuya Public Hall, and lifted for Australia in the men’s 56kg category at the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964. COFFA, now 85...
RT (Daily news)
Dove are facing a boycott from women disgusted at the toiletries company's "virtue-signalling" support for transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard at Tokyo 2020, which some interpreted as "celebrating the end of women's sport".
Dailystar.co.uk
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has given a rare interview after crashing out of the women's +87kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday
NBCwashington.com (sports)
<p>Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan competes in the men’s 109 kg weightlifting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.</p>
Sports Mole: World Cup
British Weightlifting declared itself "shocked and devastated" when the sport lost its UK Sport funding in the wake of the Rio Olympics in 2016.
NBCwashington.com (sports)
<p>New Zealands Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender Olympian, smiles to the small crowd after failing to advance in the womens 87kg weightlifting final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. </p>
Voice of America
The weightlifter's inclusion has ignited a fierce debate about fairness for women and about gender identification and inclusivity
Chicago Tribune: Chicago Fire
Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand, became the first openly transgender woman to participate in the Olympics.
