After three failed snatch attempts on Monday, Laurel Hubbard's Olympic Games were over, but the impact she had as the games' first transgender athlete will last much longer.Hubbard failed to even reach the clean and jerk phase at Tokyo International Forum, the New Zealander's one 120-kilogram attempt and two at 125 kg all failed. She did, however, change perceptions of what an Olympian can be.Debate raged before and after her inclusion in New Zealand's team, her place as an athlete who had previously competed as a man causing much criticism, celebration and contention.She lifted in men's co…READ FULL ARTICLE
