CWG 2018: Indian men s TT team clean sweep Nigeria, win historic Gold
CWG 2018: Indian men s TT team clean sweep Nigeria, win historic Gold
The Final Kicked Off With Indian Star Sharath Kamal Defeated Bode Abiodun In A Four-game Match, Where He Lost The First Game 4-11 But Made A Remarkable Comeback To Win The Next Three Games 11-5, 11-4 And 11-9.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 09 Apr 2018, 07:11:43 PM
New Delhi:
India have bagged another gold by thrashing Nigeria 3-0 in the team events of men’s table tennis final on Monday at the 2018 Gold Coast Games.
The men’s stunning victory came after Indian women’s table tennis team claimed the gold after pulling off a massive upset by defeating Singapore on Sunday.
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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard might be dividing opinion but one rival competitor says she has nothing but respect for the Kiwi. ALEX PANTLING/GETTY IMAGES
Laurel Hubbard – the first openly transgender athlete selected for the Olympic Games – guards her privacy zealously, but has always insisted all she wants is to be herself.
Yet, the 43-year-old has been a polarising figure since she burst onto the world weightlifting stage in 2017 after transitioning to female.
The debate Hubbard has lived with for the last four years is likely to remain intense, after she was named in a five-strong New Zealand weightlifting team for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
RNZ
Laurel Hubbard. Photo: Photosport
Official selection is the only thing needed for weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to become the first transgender Olympian.
International weightlifting has rejigged its qualifying criteria for Tokyo because of limited competition over the past year due to Covid-19.
That means on current rankings Hubbard will qualify but she still needs to nominated by Weightlifting New Zealand then be officially selected by the New Zealand Olympic committee.
She has been eligible to compete in the Olympics since 2015, when the IOC issued new guidelines allowing any transgender athlete to compete as a woman provided their testosterone levels are below 10 nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months before their first competition.
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