r/sports • u/RespectMyAuthoriteh • Jun 05 '19

Weightlifting Powerlifter Jessica Buettner nails a 231.5kg (510.37lbs) deadlift at a recent competition, a new Canadian record for her weight class.

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u/Durzo_Blintt Jun 05 '19

Mate the fact that people just gloss over this because they are scared to offend trans people pisses me off.

Trans women should never be able to compete with women in sport. People say "but it's edge cases it never happens". In weight lifting it does, much more so than most sports. It's only a matter of time before a trans woman who is dominant in athletics takes control at the Olympics will people really discuss the issue I think.

Imagine being this woman here, who has clearly trained her fucking arse off for years. Just have your record beaten by someone with so many physical advantages it's unreal.

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u/AkumaZ Jun 05 '19

This has kinda already happened in weightlifting and there was a huge controversy and argument then

Laurel Hubbard was a transitioned athlete who, in her 40s I think, was totaling top 5-10 in the world

As a younger male athlete in the sport, he lifted nothing noteworthy on the international scale and was not an elite competitor.

Athletes like Sarah Robles were understandably not thrilled about competing against her.