Kiwi University Awards ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ to Man Who Came in Last Place at Olympics

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who choked on the Tokyo Olympics this summer season, was named “Sportswoman of the Yr” by the College of Otago in New Zealand.

Michaela Waite-Harvey, the president of the Otago College College students’ Affiliation, instructed the Otago Daily Times that no girl was extra deserving of being acknowledged as a paragon of feminine sports activities than the 43-year-old New Zealand man.

‘‘We might consider no yet another worthy of sportswoman of the 12 months than Laurel Hubbard, who represented Otago and New Zealand extremely properly at this 12 months’s Tokyo Olympics,” Waite-Harvey mentioned.

The hulking 6-foot-1, 300-pound weightlifter thanked the college for its unwavering help of his aim to dominate ladies’s sports activities.

“It isn’t attainable for athletes to [compete] on the Olympic stage with out the encouragement and aroha of associates, household and supporters,” he mentioned. “This award belongs to everybody who has been a part of my Olympic journey.’’

Hubbard made history in July when he grew to become the primary transgender athlete to compete in a girl’s Olympic occasion.

Earlier than transitioning, he competed for years in males’s weightlifting competitions as Gavin Hubbard, in accordance with the New Zealand Herald.

He began figuring out as feminine in 2012 on the age of 35. In 2017, Hubbard started competing in ladies’s weightlifting occasions and promptly went on a blistering win streak.

Regardless of mass media hype, nevertheless, he was eradicated from the snatch competitors on the Tokyo Video games this summer season after failing to make a profitable carry in his weight class (the over-87-kilogram division). This implies Hubbard got here in dead last.

Transgender Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard fails on third carry and won’t medal. The actual fact this was allowed is a shame. Ladies who work there entire lives to excell of their sport shouldn’t must compete towards organic males. Im for girls’s rights! pic.twitter.com/QXnVkQm2xp

— Brian Topping (@briantopping66) August 2, 2021

Social media customers erupted on the comical irony of bestowing the “Sportswoman of the Yr” honor on a person who not solely didn’t medal however was eradicated from the competitors.

“She didn’t even full [one] try so we’re simply handing out sports activities awards for folks altering genders now?” one Twitter person wrote.

FFS 😂😂😂. She didn’t even full on try so we’re simply handing out sports activities awards for folks altering genders now? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard named sportswoman of the 12 months in NZ
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— @sirfrank (@sir_frankuk) October 2, 2021

A college in New Zealand has named Laurel Hubbard sportswoman of the 12 months.

Yep. SportsWOMAN of the 12 months. So the college has actually taken an award away from a girl to present it to a transwoman.

Please cease this loopy practice. I need to get off. pic.twitter.com/tlYbMY9MLu

— John Doe (@JohnDoe00Se7en) October 2, 2021

Many Twitter customers identified the absurdity of honoring a person because the “Sportswoman of the Yr” whereas ignoring the historic achievements of Kiwi canoe champion Lisa Carrington, who gained three gold medals on the Tokyo Olympics and have become New Zealand’s most profitable Olympian ever.

Think about how screwed up you need to be, to present your nation’s sportsWOMAN of the 12 months award to a organic male that couldn’t full a single carry in a qualifying spherical… Over this.

Woke ideology is pathetic.#sexmatters#protectwomenssports https://t.co/LdNS9Wzfoi

— Blackheart (@Blackheart19750) October 6, 2021

Laurel Hubbard wins sportswoman of the 12 months. Goes to the Olympics and finishes lifeless final in her occasion. Lisa Carrington wins 3 gold medals and turns into essentially the most profitable Olympian in New Zealand historical past and loses. The award celebrates sporting greatness. https://t.co/7xkOuBpJwX pic.twitter.com/00RI2CRlZF

— Flying Below the Radar (@TheEndIsNear66) October 2, 2021

The farcical irony of giving Hubbard this award spotlights the madness of poisonous wokeness, which has morphed right into a conflict on ladies and customary sense.

Final 12 months, a transgender mixed-martial arts fighter who broke his female opponent’s skull was celebrated as “the bravest athlete in historical past.”

Need to hear deafening silence? Ask a Democrat to defend this. Each Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assume that is simply fantastic.

Transgender Fighter Who Broke Girl’s Cranium in MMA Ring Has Now Been Referred to as the ‘Bravest Athlete in Historical past’ https://t.co/3V95WqTpw7

— John Steigerwald (@Steigerworld) February 16, 2021

The difficulty of transgender athletes competing as females has ignited a volcanic backlash from critics who say it’s unfair for males who establish as ladies to compete towards ladies.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a doctor, mentioned the notion is misogynistic and anti-science.

Equally, former MMA commentator Joe Rogan mentioned permitting males to beat up ladies in bodily fight sports activities is akin to sanctioned home violence.

“You’re out of your thoughts in the event you assume {that a} man who has been a person for 30 years and has taken feminine hormones for 2 is similar [as a biological woman],” Rogan said in a 2018 podcast.