Laurel Hubbard, a transgender weightlifter from New Zealand, is very likely to earn an Olympic berth as the qualifying deadline of May 31 nears. No openly transgender athlete has competed at an ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Laurel Hubbard hefted 628 pounds (185 kilograms) in two lifts on the way to qualifying in the women's super-heavyweight division for the Tokyo Olympics. That's heavy. But ...

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been chosen by the New Zealand Olympic Committee to compete at the Tokyo Games next month, making her the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard makes her Olympic debut in Tokyo on Monday, with the New Zealander's historic appearance igniting heated debate on one of sport's most divisive issues. The IOC ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The first openly transgender Olympian to compete in a different gender category to that assigned at birth said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark ...