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Nini made it to the Olympics!

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Hoping4second · 25/06/2021 20:24

The IWF sent her an invitation so she can come compete.
I feel this is them admitting that their rules are unfair to women.
And it does mean another athlete missed out on her discretionary invitation but we don't know who she is so can't make a big hoohah about it.

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highame · 26/06/2021 09:59

This is one of the consequences of stepping on women's rights. We're all so bloody twitchy now that everyone's going to stuffer. What SW et al have done will end up setting LGB rights back too, though I sincerely hope not. That would be a travesty.

I just want fairness for women in sport and that means biological women competing against biological women. We have not gained these rights for them to be trampled on because someone's inclusion is thought more important than the host of women who suffer discrimination every day. No thanks

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 26/06/2021 09:50

So happy about this congratulations to Nini!

Maybe they could now give Hubbard a wildcard into the male competition...

WomaninBoots · 26/06/2021 09:48

Yes I understood the confusion Outbutnotoutout. I hate having to second guess.

Outbutnotoutout · 26/06/2021 09:35

@WomaninBoots

Richardson isn't trans. L or Q rather than T. So her rainbow status not really relevant to sport, despite a fuss being made about it.

She's 5ft1 so firmly in female phenotype territory!

Thank you

It was the queer bit that threw me. Like she can't be the fastest black women in America, without tagging some kind of LGBT on?

WomaninBoots · 26/06/2021 08:40

It's going to be very annoying for well-muscled women athletes having to assert their female status now we're all confused and suspicious isn't it?

WomaninBoots · 26/06/2021 08:38

Richardson isn't trans. L or Q rather than T. So her rainbow status not really relevant to sport, despite a fuss being made about it.

She's 5ft1 so firmly in female phenotype territory!

Outbutnotoutout · 26/06/2021 08:01

Just saw a post about Sha'Carri Richardson being the fastest woman in America.

Black, queer, woman the fastest in America

So was she born a man

sashh · 26/06/2021 07:33

But they all still have to compete with someone who went through male puberty?

I'd love to be there with a big bell and shout, "shame, shame"

MarianneUnfaithful · 26/06/2021 05:50

Good.

But they all still have to compete with someone who went through male puberty?

A golden ticket to a skewed playing field? Thank

VroomVrooom · 26/06/2021 05:26

This is fantastic news.

I love that ‘inclusion’ means white male-bodied people having priority over women of colour.

Plus ça change… 🙄

BrandineDelRoy · 26/06/2021 05:26

@Hoping4second

The IWF sent her an invitation so she can come compete. I feel this is them admitting that their rules are unfair to women. And it does mean another athlete missed out on her discretionary invitation but we don't know who she is so can't make a big hoohah about it.
That's awesome. I wish we knew who was behind her.
miri1985 · 26/06/2021 05:21

@NiceGerbil

I have looked at the site for the international weightlifting and the Olympics site and also googled and can't find anything.

Yes need something solid.

I can't see IOC doing this personally.

Its legit, the BBC have it

www.bbc.com/sport/weightlifting/57619765

NiceGerbil · 26/06/2021 03:33

I have looked at the site for the international weightlifting and the Olympics site and also googled and can't find anything.

Yes need something solid.

I can't see IOC doing this personally.

OffYouGoNow · 25/06/2021 22:57

OP - can you link to the confirmation of this?

I would like to post it on FB and shout to the world that Nini is officially an Olympian.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 25/06/2021 22:51

That is good news.
Are they going to have to make lots of extra places in the future so no women miss out?

NiceGerbil · 25/06/2021 21:53

I also can't find competitor info on the main Olympics site.

NiceGerbil · 25/06/2021 21:47

I've tried to look at the IWF website but I'm finding it difficult to navigate.

Anyone else want to try?

Nothing obvious there about this.

Ekofisk · 25/06/2021 21:45

I put this on a different thread, but thought it might be helpful here:

It is a bit of a fudge, but the process is there to be used.

Tripartite invitations give small countries that traditionally only send a small number of athletes an opportunity to include more participants, so Tonga qualifies on that count.

There are invitational places in 16 sports, which includes weightlifting (4 invitational places available for women).

The IOC reserves the right to accept late nominations (original closing date was in Jan 2019 but that was pre Covid).

I would think that the Tonga NOC got an application in smartish to ensure Nini didn’t lose her place.

I don’t know if all 4 women’s places will end up being allocated, so there may or may not be another woman left out because of Hubbard.

PennineSpring · 25/06/2021 21:39

Well this is an interesting turn. There must be considerable pressure on the IOC now. There’s been pressure on national bodies for a while now who have all hid behind the IOC policy and turned for them for help but now the theoretical has happened, I bet none of them like the attention one bit.
And those sports with a transwoman athlete quietly working towards the next high profile event might just be feeling a bit twitchy now.

WanderinWomb · 25/06/2021 21:27

@quiteathome

Wouldn't it be amazing if she won.
I think that's highly unlikely but I imagine the roars and cheers of support for Munumua are going to bring a tear to my eye. I know this in advance.
quiteathome · 25/06/2021 21:21

Wouldn't it be amazing if she won.

WotgunShedding · 25/06/2021 21:16

This is from Twitter (so take the necessary quantities of salt)

Nini made it to the Olympics!
EmbarrassingAdmissions · 25/06/2021 21:12

Where is the announcement? I can't find it - is it in NZ/Samoan media?

NiceGerbil · 25/06/2021 21:10

The date of that article is 2019 though OP.

And I can't find anything on Google.