'All I have ever really wanted as an athlete is just to be regarded as an athlete. I suppose the thing I have been so grateful here in Tokyo is just being given those opportunities to just go through life as any other athlete.'
Laurel Hubbard, speaking to reporters after becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics, on Tuesday expressed gratitude for the opportunity to compete as an athlete and convince transgender people to work through adversity.: "All I have ever really wanted as an athlete is just to be regarded as an athlete," Hubbard, said in response to a question from Axios.
Hubbard said she has tried not to dwell on negative attention from from traditional and social media, "because it makes a hard job even harder." "It's hard enough lifting a barbell but if you are putting more weight on it, then it makes it just an impossible task, really.": Hubbard said she doesn't know whether she plans to continue competing.
"I think in order to get to this level of competition you have to be exceptionally single minded. That doesn't really leave a lot of room to think about what comes next. Working toward those answers is something that starts today. We'll just have to see."
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