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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.
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 ...
On Thursday, more than 300 current and former NCAA, Team USA and international swimmers signed an open letter to show their support of Lia Thomas, an openly transgender swimmer on the women’s ...
Lia Thomas’ time as a collegiate swimmer is over. The transgender Penn swimmer, who competes for the women’s team after undergoing hormone therapy, finished her career at the NCAA ...
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 ...
Thomas in 2019 began hormone-replacement therapy and, under NCAA guidelines, was able to change gender categories the following year. The 2020 Ivy League season was later canceled due to the COVID ...
Story at a glance Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer at the center of a national debate over whether transgender athletes should be able to compete on sports teams ...
The post Look: Lia Thomas Just Made NCAA Swimming History appeared first on The Spun. Penn swimmer Lia Thomas officially qualified for the 500-yard freestyle final at the NCAA women’s swimming ...