The first transgender athlete won Olympic gold on ... But they were followed by others competing in weightlifting and BMX racing later on in the Games. Quinn's one of at least 181 openly queer ...

Hubbard is eligible to compete in women’s events, according to the International Weightlifting Federation’s guidelines for the inclusion of transgender ... Her gold medal wins at the Pacific ...

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. At 43, Hubbard was the oldest ...

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard withdrew injured ... “She never thought that she is going to come and win the gold medal. All we were aiming for was silver or the bronze medal.

She transitioned eight years ago, resumed weightlifting and became eligible for the Games under a 2015 International Olympic Committee (IOC) consensus allowing transgender ... her to win a medal.