British rapper breaks women's dead-lift record after 'identifying as female' in debate over transgender athletes
Southampton-born rapper and Oxford graduate Zuby, 32, posted a video showing him break the women's dead-lift in response to participation of transgender athletes in sports
Rapper and Oxford graduate Zuby caused a firestorm on Twitter after posting a demonstrating why male athletes should not compete alongside women. The Southampton-born man waded into the polarizing debate after he posted a few videos of himself at the gym "destroying" female weight-lifting records. He claimed that he "identified as a woman" while lifting the weights.
The stunt was his response to the controversy surrounding biologically male athletes being able to take part in female competitions. The 32-year-old rapper claimed that he broke the women's dead-lift record of 238kg "without even trying".