Lia Thomas

In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated she illustrates how still waters run deep. Lia Thomas is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Lia Thomas is a transgender woman who swims for the University of Pennsylvania.

. Lia Thomas broke a record by 38 seconds. Lia Thomas has dominated womens college swimming this seasonand has also become a lightning rod for controversy. I think were going to look at the people who are making these decisions and were in.

Lia Thomas who became the first transgender athlete to win a Division I national championship on Thursday has qualified second for Friday nights final in. Since 2021 the 22-year-old University of Pennsylvania student has been subject to the public spotlight as her story sits at the intersection between. With one hand she.

Lia Thomas a Transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania shattered the Ivy League record in the 500-yard freestyle at the Zippy Invitational and won the finals. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas right dries off before competing against Harvard University during a meet in Cambridge Massachusetts on Jan. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said in a new interview that Lia Thomas the record-breaking transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania should have.

University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas becomes the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title finishing first in the womens 500-yard freestyle event Thursday evening. Manyincluding some teammatessay she shouldnt be able to compete. We fully support Lia Thomas in her decision to affirm her gender identity and to transition from a man to a woman.

ATLANTA Lia Thomas the transgender woman whose record-threatening times on the University of Pennsylvanias swim team made her a star of college athletics and a symbol of the debate over. Lia Thomas started taking hormone therapy while she was still competing as a male back in May 2019. Lia Thomas competes in the 500-yard freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday March 17 2022 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Lia Thomas Penn swimmer becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I national title Thomas finished just nine seconds behind Katie Ledeckys 500-yard freestyle record of 42406. Collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas has avoided commenting on the debate regarding her competing as a transgender athlete in womens sports. 22 2022 at Harvard University in Cambridge Mass.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas center with teammates during warmup laps before a meet with Harvard on Saturday Jan. This conflates a couple pieces of information. Months after being catapulted into the center of the international debate over whether transgender girls and women should be allowed.

Lia Thomas has the top seed at the womens NCAA Championships in the 500 freestyle and 200 freestyle. Josh Reynolds Associated Press. Over the past several weeks theres been a shift taking place in the world of womens sports.

Trans swimmer Lia Thomas speaks out on scrutiny controversy. All athletes including transgender athletes deserve to be respected and included Sullivan wrote. Lia swam on the mens team for.

Erica Sullivan an Olympic silver medalist who placed third in the NCAA event voiced support for Thomas. While Lia Thomas is a child of God he is a biological male who is competing against women Millen continued and no matter how much testosterone suppression drugs he. Lia Thomas of University of Pennsylvania celebrates with teammates after winning the 400-yard freestyle team relay at the Womens Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard.

Lia identifies as female but has male body parts. Thomas did win a race the 1650-yard freestyle at the Zippy Invitational. Penn swimmer Lia Thomas won a national title making history for trans athletes in college sports.

Lia Thomas will swim the 100 free where shes the 10th seed instead of the 1650 where she would have been the 11th seed at NCAAs. Boston CNNLia Thomas stood tall and smiled wide atop the championship podium her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of the Ivy Leagues green photo backdrop. FILE - University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competes during a meet with Harvard on Saturday.

Lia has every right to live her life authentically the letter says. Under USA Swimming rules athletes had to have recorded low levels of testosterone for 36 months.

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