Caroline Dubois is holding back tears. Standing before a throng of people as they begin their countdown from 10, she looks for her family in the stands. Her pulse is racing. "Please don't cry," she tells herself.

A gruesome injury means she'll likely never compete again but transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has prompted a debate that will endure.

The smell of smoke fills the air. Plumes rise silently and menacingly over the hilly horizon, slowly blotting out the sun as the sky turns black. The fields are on fire again.

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