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Laurel Hubbard makes history at Tokyo 2020

Does the trans debate harm all women? Yesterday, Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics – but her inclusion kicked off a firestorm online. In 2016, Namibian athlete Caster Semenya became the first person to win the 400m, 800m and 1500m titles all together at the South African National Championships. She later took a second gold medal for the 800m at the Rio Olympics.

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