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A post shared on Facebook claims the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has shifted all of Lia Thomas’ medals to Riley Gaines. Verdict: False The claim is false and appears to ...
Gaines joined the University of Kentucky's swim team and made the All-SEC Freshman Team in 2019. She also made the All-SEC Second Team in 2019 and 2020. She participated in the 2021 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, coming second in the 4 × 200 yd freestyle relay and seventh in the 200 freestyle race; she made the All-SEC First Team that year. [15]
She competed against swimmer Lia Thomas in the 2022 NCAA Championship at Georgia Tech. Thomas swam for the Penn men's team for three years, then switched to the women's team. Gaines has taken the lea
Gaines has spoken out since the 2022 competition in which she and other women competed against swimmer Lia Thomas, who swam for the Penn men's team three years then switched to the women's team.
Lia Catherine Thomas [2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, before being barred from competing in women's events by World Aquatics .
Talk:Lia Thomas#Transition status - includes discussion of WP:BLP policy, concludes with a short list of sources, i.e. a reprint of The National Desk source previously discussed at RSN, The Patriot-News (aka pennlive) source, and the tabloid Toronto Sun, which churns allegations made about Lia Thomas by Gaines to WP:TMZ and allegations made ...
Not only did Lia Thomas win a women’s DI national title, robbing that honor from many female Olympians and American record holders, but he was allowed to dress and undress in the women’s ...
Gaines has frequently shared her discomfort with sharing a locker room with Lia Thomas during the 2022 NCAA Championships. She described it as "one of the most violating experiences you could ...