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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-2011/
- Published: 2019-07-22T18:30:49.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-22T21:43:06.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Sport, World, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

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MARK KOLBE/GETTY IMAGES Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says it isn’t fair for transgender athletes to compete with female athletes

> Samoa’s Prime Minister is appealing to the Pacific Games Council to address concerns around the eligibility of transgender athletes.  
> The issue has been ignited by Kiwi transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard winning three medals at the latest Pacific Games, which finished at the weekend.  
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> Hubbard won two gold medals and one silver in the women’s 87kg and over category at the games. She has been cleared to compete under International Olympic Committee guidelines.  
> Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi made it clear he didn’t support trans athletes competing in women’s sport.  
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> **Malielegaoi said it was unfair on female competitors.**  
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> “This fa’afafine or man **should have never been allowed by the Pacific Games Council president to lift with the women.** I was shocked when I first heard about it,” he told the *Samoa Observer*.?  
> “No matter how we look at it, he’s a man (sic) and it’s shocking this was allowed in the first place.”   
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> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/114420264/samoan-pm-tuilaepa-sailele-malielegaoi-hits-out-at-laurel-hubbard?ref=goodoil.news)