Olympic history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in any Games. The 43-year-old athlete represented her home country of New Zealand in the women’s heavyweight competition.However, Hubbard’s hopes for a medal in the women’s 87+ kilogram competition fell short after she failed all three lift attempts. (Wang Zhouyu from China took the gold while Mattie Rogers from the U.S.
placed sixth.)According to , she later spoke to reporters about her performance as well as the support she received from the International Olympic Committee. “Thank you so very much for your interest in my humble sporting performance tonight,” Hubbard said.