‘She’s a woman,that’s it’:Aussie coach defends Laurel Hubbard,first transgender athlete at Olympics
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‘She’s a woman,that’s it’:Aussie coach defends Laurel Hubbard,first transgender athlete at Olympics

Paul Coffa,who trains current Olympic and world class weightlifters and worked with Hubbard at his Oceania Weightlifting Institute after she had transitioned,said there should be no qualms about Hubbard’s place in the women’s 87kg category in Tokyo.

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