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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas advances to women's 200 freestyle final at NCAA swimming championships
ATLANTA — University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas qualified for her second final at the NCAA championships Friday morning after finishing the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 42.09 seconds to secure the second seed for the evening finals.
Twitter explodes over trans swimmer Lia Thomas winning national title: 'A slap in the face to women and girls'
Critics are sounding off on the participation of trans female athletes in girls sports following University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas' win in the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships on Thursday.
Transgender swimmer's NCAA championship win 'just not right,' competitor's parents say
ATLANTA – The parents of a female swimmer competing against Lia Thomas in the NCAA championship criticized the transgender athlete's win as unfair.
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Trans swimmer Lia Thomas creates history in US event
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I history after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle in Atlanta. Thomas beat Virginia's Emma Weyant by 1.75 seconds with a time of four minutes and 33.24 seconds on Thursday, falling short of Katie Ledecky's NCAA record time of 4:24.06. Erica Sullivan, a silver medallist in the 1500m event at last year's Tokyo Olympics, finished third.
Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win NCAA swimming title
Lia Thomas became the first known transgender athleteexternal-link to win the highest US national college title with victory in the women's 500 yard freestyle.