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Transgender weightlifter Hubbard: ‘People like me are just people’

Laurel Hubbard
Laurel Hubbard

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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 appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.

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