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Swimmer Competing Against Trans Athlete Lia Thomas In NCAA Championship Opens Up About How Unfair It Is: "We're All Very Disappointed"
William Thomas, who now goes by Lia, is a trans swimmer at UPenn who has been wrecking multiple women's swim records, which isn't surprising considering he's a man.
By Gina Florio2 min read
The NCAA swimming championships are currently taking place in Atlanta, and Lia Thomas is in attendance along with his female teammates. Thomas, 22, has already been breaking women's swim records and winning by many seconds at prior meets, so it's not at all shocking to see him rack up the wins at this competition in Atlanta as well. He won the 500-yard freestyle race yesterday by five whole seconds. However, one swimmer was brave enough to speak up about how unfair this has all been for the female athletes.