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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 .
Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer at the center of a heated national debate over whether transgender women should compete against cisgender athletes, has addressed her ...
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas officially qualified for the 500-yard freestyle final at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships earlier this afternoon. Thomas, a transgender athlete, wasn ...
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas won the women's 500-yard freestyle championship on Thursday to become the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history. She finished the race in 4:33.24, beating ...
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made national headlines in 2022 after winning an NCAA individual title, will not be allowed to compete in elite women’s races, including the 2024 Olympics ...
In March 2022, while swimming for the University of Kentucky in the 200-yard NCAA freestyle championship (her final competitive event race before retiring from the sport), Gaines tied for fifth place with University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who subsequently became the first openly trans woman champion in the NCAA women's division ...
Thomas, who has had a controversial 2021-22 season inside of the pool, finished her career with a championship. She won the 500 meter […] The post Lia Thomas Finishes Her College Career: Sports ...