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Tokyo 2020 story: a trans judge at her daughter's rafting event

2021-07-28T04:25:38.789Z


Australian Kimberly Daniels changed gender after Rio 2016, where she played the same role with her previous identity.


07/28/2021 1:03

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 07/28/2021 1:11 AM

In addition to the medals, which will remain in the statistics, these Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games also give away various particular and historical stories.

One of them stars the Canadian

Kimberly Daniels

, a

pioneer as a transgender judge

and who will have the pleasant job of supervising the rafting events in which

her daughter, Haley, will

compete

.

Kimberly, who played the same role in Rio de Janeiro 2016, although with her previous identity, took advantage of the one-year postponement of the Games in Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic to make one of the most important decisions of her life:

change sex .

"My goal was always for them

to see me as a woman

. Today I am and I am grateful to my daughter, who throughout her career always fought for gender equality and the rights of those like me," she said excitedly.

Likewise, he downplayed appearances and stressed that the most important thing is that "people

can express who they really are

."

Regarding his transformation, he explained: "I am

1.80 meters tall and I have huge hands

, but with the transition I lost a lot of muscle mass."

When his appointment to join the team of judges at these Olympic Games became official, one of the people who most celebrated the news was his daughter. 

Kimberley Daniels and her daughter Haley Daniels.

Photo: Canadian Olympic Committee

"My father Duncan was an international judge at the Rio Games and was confirmed to play the same role in Tokyo.

Surprise. Today she is a woman

," Haley commented, while noting that it is "a story that celebrates the parity of genders and equity "


And she closed: "

Join us to celebrate with Kimberly

, who today shares a secret that she kept hidden for most of her life. In the last two years with my family we have gone through this fascinating journey."

Laurel Hubbard, first transgender athlete at the Olympics


Weightlifter

Laurel Hubbard

,

the first transgender athlete

to qualify for the Olympics, will compete in Tokyo 2020 on August 2.

"I am grateful and humbled for the kindness and support that so many New Zealanders have shown me," Hubbard, 43, who

began her sex change process in 2012

, said in a statement.

The New Zealand Olympic body noted when registering her that Hubbard

met the eligibility criteria of

both the International Weightlifting Federation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and New Zealand, including those referring to sex change.

"We recognize that gender identity in sport is a very sensitive and complex issue that requires

a balance between human rights and fairness on the field of play,

" said Kereyn Smith, CEO of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Hubbard won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships and was sixth in 2019, having recovered from a major injury while competing in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

He was already assured of an Olympic place by finishing seventh in the +87 kilos category and as the first weightlifter in Oceania on the final list of the International Weightlifting Federation.

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