Kentucky swimmer who tied with Lia Thomas says majority of women not okay with 'trajectory' of female sports

Gaines says the majority of females are 'not okay with the trajectory' of rules relating to transgender females participating in women's sports.

FIRST ON FOX: Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who tied with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for fifth place in the 200-yard freestyle NCAA swimming championships, says the "majority" of females are "not okay with the trajectory" that female sports are taking.

Gaines's remarks came during an interview on the "Unmuted with Marsha" podcast hosted by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

"The majority of us female athletes, or females in general, really, are not okay with this, and they're not okay with the trajectory of this and how this is going and how it could end up in a few years," Gaines said, referring to the NCAA's unwillingness to change the rules in an effort to protect female competitive sports.

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University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines react after finishing tied for 5th in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on March 18,, 2022 at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta Georgia. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Gaines said she knows several women who feel the same way she does, but they're "scared" to speak out against transgender females participating in women's sports because of today's culture, and "they don't want to risk their future."

The University of Kentucky swimmer, who told Blackburn she has been taking part in swimming competitions since the age of 10, outlined her emotions and afterthoughts when she realized she had tied with Thomas and did not receive a trophy at the competition.

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