Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas finishes 5th in NCAA women's 200-yard freestyle final
By Steve Almasy, CNN
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Canada's Ruck wins 200-yard freestyle at NCAA championships; transgender swimmer Thomas finishes 5th
Two-time Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck won her first individual NCAA swimming title for Stanford on Friday, leading wire-to-wire in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:41.12 at the NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving championships in Atlanta.
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas places fifth in 200-yard freestyle final
ATLANTA — In her second NCAA finals appearance, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas tied for fifth in Friday's 200-yard freestyle at McAuley Aquatic Center.
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.
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's competitors in 'emotional and psychological turmoil': NCAA All-American swimmer
Jeri Shanteau explains why she is against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas competing against biological women on 'The Ingraham Angle.'