This is why.

[Jolly]

This is why you don't let transgendered "women" compete against real women.

This is why standing on the gold medal platform is a pinnacle in one's life.

The first gold medal for the Phillipines, ever.

Link to video

[Jolly]

The first gold medal for Bermuda, ever...

Link to video

[Horace]

@jolly said in This is why.:

This is why you don't let transgendered "women" compete against real women.

This is why standing on the gold medal platform is a pinnacle in one's life.

The first gold medal for the Phillipines, ever.

Link to video

That’s awesome.

[Friday]

She (the weightlifter) is so cute. I love her enthusiasm.

[89th]

I'm happy for her/she/they/them/it.

(Seriously, awesome moment for her [and the chick from Bermuda], what great moments).

Also, as a guy who doesn't lift weights, I have no desire to infiltrate the female weightlifting competition and still lose by a long shot.

[Jolly]

@89th said in This is why.:

I'm happy for her/she/they/them/it.

(Seriously, awesome moment for her [and the chick from Bermuda], what great moments).

Also, as a guy who doesn't lift weights, I have no desire to infiltrate the female weightlifting competition and still lose by a long shot.

As a young lad, I hit the iron a bit. My daughter was a state champion powerlifter. Her coach's daughter once held the world record for the bench press in her weight class. My nephew was in the top five of his class, training for a shot at the Olympics when he badly injured his back ( he never lifted competitively again). I t takes a huge amount of work, diet and denial to get that strong and I appreciate a great performance.

The young lady from the Phillipines deserves that gold medal. God Bless her.