Transgender pioneer Laurel Hubbard makes history competing in Olympic weightlifting

Laurel Hubbard New Zealand Weightlifting

By NBC Olympics

Published August 2, 2021 7:15 pm

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New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday inside the Tokyo International Forum, where she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.

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