Laurel Hubbard says she's looking forward to "graceful obscurity" after exiting the Tokyo Olympic games.
The 43-year-old athlete, who made history as the first transgender woman to compete at the Olympics, bowed out of the Games on Monday, August 2, after missing all three of her snatch lift attempts.
Speaking to reporters after her lift attempts, Hubbard said she hoped to leave the media scrutiny she has experienced in recent months behind her and is now looking forward to "graceful obscurity", per the Daily Mail.
Hubbard said she is "looking forward to my career as a pub quiz question or a trivial pursuit card".
She went on: "I’ve never been involved in sport because I’m interested in publicity or profile. If it means that I now begin to descend into graceful obscurity, I’m okay with that haven’t come here to change the world. I’ve come here because sport is part of me.
"Sport is something that all the people around the world can do. It's inclusive, it's accessible and I think that's just, just really fabulous."
The trailblazing Olympian had said of her inclusion at the Games: "I know that my participation at these Games has not been entirely without controversy, but they have been just so wonderful."
Hubbard's inclusion in the women's +87kg category divided sports fans, with some arguing that she may have an unfair advantage over her cisgender competitors. Meanwhile, others have applauded the athlete as well as the IOC for its groundbreaking inclusiveness.
Speaking about the International Olympic Committee's new rules in light of trans inclusion, she said: "The IOC has tried to put in place regulations that apply to all sports. I suspect over time there will be more refinement… but it’s not my area of expertise"
As per guidelines released in 2015, the testosterone levels of competitors in the women's category are required to be under 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months prior to their first competition.
And so trans women competing at the Games may have to undergo hormone therapy in order to suppress their natural testosterone levels