Lia Thomas Blasts Huge Closing Split to Win 200 Free in Meet Record at Ivy Champs; Negative Split Suggests Holding Back
Make it a pair of Ivy League championships for Lia Thomas.
The University of Pennsylvania senior captured top honors in the 200-yard freestyle on Friday night, racing to a winning time of 1:43.12 at Blodgett Pool. Not only did Thomas establish a pool record with her performance, she set a meet record by slicing .66 of the previous standard. The effort complemented the title she collected in the 500 freestyle a night earlier.
Thomas had company during the first half of the race, as Samantha Shelton of Harvard, who finished second in 1:45.82, was just behind at the midway point. Thomas touched at the 100-yard mark in 52.14, with Shelton following in 52.19. At the 300, it was Thomas in 1:18.08 to the 1:18.89 of Shelton. The difference in the sizable gap at the finish came on the final 50 yards, which Thomas covered in 25.04, compared to the 26.93 of Shelton. Thomas’ closing 50 appears to be the fastest in history.
With Thomas producing splits of 52.14 and 50.98, it is clear that the Penn swimmer held back during the front half of the race and only shifted into a higher gear down the stretch. Thomas’ best for the season is her 1:41.93 outing from early December and it is highly likely that Thomas is sandbagging her races in order to avoid the additional attention she would garner with faster times.
Thomas has been embroiled in controversy throughout this season, which is her first as a member of the Penn women’s team. Thomas is a transgender athlete who previously competed for three years as a member of the Quakers’ men’s program. Thomas was an average male swimmer before transitioning but is now ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle among female swimmers.
Because Thomas underwent male puberty, there has been considerable debate over the senior racing against biological females, where she has advantages such as a greater testosterone threshold and lung capacity. To compete at next month’s NCAA Championships in Atlanta, she must possess a testosterone level of 10 nmols/L or lower, which is the standard identified by the collegiate sports governing body. In its new guidelines for transgender participation, USA Swimming requires a testosterone threshold of 5 nmols/L.
Penn’s Catherine Buroker, who was second to Thomas in the 500 freestyle, won the 1000 free in 9:43.54, while Harvard’s Felicia Pasadyn bested the field in the 400 individual medley behind a mark of 4:10.45. In other action, Princeton’s Nikki Venema prevailed in the 100 butterfly in 52.42 and Harvard’s Aleksandra Denisenko won the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.96. Brown’s Jenna Reznicek touched in 52.94 to win the 100 backstroke.
Event 8 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 9:33.43 2008 Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton)
Pool Record: P 9:28.49 2007 Kate Ziegler (Fish)
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Buroker, Catherine SO Penn 9:56.25 9:43.54 32
26.86 55.25 (28.39)
1:24.04 (28.79) 1:53.11 (29.07)
2:22.25 (29.14) 2:51.26 (29.01)
3:20.56 (29.30) 3:49.91 (29.35)
4:19.25 (29.34) 4:48.43 (29.18)
5:17.67 (29.24) 5:47.20 (29.53)
6:16.64 (29.44) 6:46.07 (29.43)
7:15.52 (29.45) 7:44.96 (29.44)
8:14.54 (29.58) 8:44.28 (29.74)
9:14.24 (29.96) 9:43.54 (29.30)
2 Kalandadze, Anna Sofi JR Penn 9:48.15 9:50.05 28
26.61 55.12 (28.51)
1:23.92 (28.80) 1:53.10 (29.18)
2:22.38 (29.28) 2:51.45 (29.07)
3:21.01 (29.56) 3:50.61 (29.60)
4:20.26 (29.65) 4:50.09 (29.83)
5:20.00 (29.91) 5:49.98 (29.98)
6:20.08 (30.10) 6:49.87 (29.79)
7:19.91 (30.04) 7:49.99 (30.08)
8:20.29 (30.30) 8:50.60 (30.31)
9:21.04 (30.44) 9:50.05 (29.01)
3 Ganihanova, Aziza SO Columbia 10:04.73 9:53.92 27
27.81 57.71 (29.90)
1:27.92 (30.21) 1:58.12 (30.20)
2:28.28 (30.16) 2:58.21 (29.93)
3:28.46 (30.25) 3:58.65 (30.19)
4:28.87 (30.22) 4:58.81 (29.94)
5:28.43 (29.62) 5:58.12 (29.69)
6:28.00 (29.88) 6:57.87 (29.87)
7:27.94 (30.07) 7:57.00 (29.06)
8:26.48 (29.48) 8:55.71 (29.23)
9:25.08 (29.37) 9:53.92 (28.84)
4 Giddings, Grace SR Penn 9:58.45 9:57.15 26
27.79 56.92 (29.13)
1:26.33 (29.41) 1:55.68 (29.35)
2:25.28 (29.60) 2:54.91 (29.63)
3:24.69 (29.78) 3:54.66 (29.97)
4:24.74 (30.08) 4:54.88 (30.14)
5:24.88 (30.00) 5:55.08 (30.20)
6:25.17 (30.09) 6:55.40 (30.23)
7:25.73 (30.33) 7:56.11 (30.38)
8:26.30 (30.19) 8:56.69 (30.39)
9:27.16 (30.47) 9:57.15 (29.99)
5 Loomis, Ashley SR Yale 9:58.46 9:57.92 25
27.40 56.26 (28.86)
1:25.73 (29.47) 1:55.57 (29.84)
2:25.57 (30.00) 2:55.69 (30.12)
3:25.77 (30.08) 3:55.92 (30.15)
4:26.19 (30.27) 4:56.54 (30.35)
5:27.15 (30.61) 5:57.39 (30.24)
6:27.89 (30.50) 6:58.40 (30.51)
7:28.67 (30.27) 7:58.78 (30.11)
8:29.15 (30.37) 8:59.35 (30.20)
9:29.63 (30.28) 9:57.92 (28.29)
6 Barrett, Sara FR Brown 10:01.75 9:58.96 24
27.64 57.03 (29.39)
1:27.03 (30.00) 1:56.99 (29.96)
2:27.05 (30.06) 2:57.11 (30.06)
3:27.16 (30.05) 3:57.51 (30.35)
4:27.75 (30.24) 4:58.33 (30.58)
5:28.68 (30.35) 5:58.82 (30.14)
6:29.29 (30.47) 7:00.04 (30.75)
7:30.63 (30.59) 8:01.26 (30.63)
8:31.13 (29.87) 9:01.22 (30.09)
9:30.47 (29.25) 9:58.96 (28.49)
7 Rose, Carlie FR Harvard 10:14.20 9:59.40 23
28.08 57.98 (29.90)
1:28.09 (30.11) 1:58.08 (29.99)
2:28.14 (30.06) 2:58.25 (30.11)
3:28.26 (30.01) 3:58.38 (30.12)
4:28.75 (30.37) 4:59.04 (30.29)
5:29.39 (30.35) 5:59.75 (30.36)
6:30.13 (30.38) 7:00.43 (30.30)
7:30.60 (30.17) 8:00.55 (29.95)
8:30.45 (29.90) 9:00.35 (29.90)
9:30.14 (29.79) 9:59.40 (29.26)
8 Girotto, Amelia FR Penn 10:06.22 10:02.02 22
27.85 57.69 (29.84)
1:27.76 (30.07) 1:58.12 (30.36)
2:28.42 (30.30) 2:58.51 (30.09)
3:28.64 (30.13) 3:58.85 (30.21)
4:28.96 (30.11) 4:58.94 (29.98)
5:28.92 (29.98) 5:59.05 (30.13)
6:29.61 (30.56) 7:00.05 (30.44)
7:30.69 (30.64) 8:01.10 (30.41)
8:31.61 (30.51) 9:02.30 (30.69)
9:32.86 (30.56) 10:02.02 (29.16)
Event 9 Women 400 Yard IM
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Meet Record: M 4:06.15 2009 Alicia Aemisegger (Princeton)
Pool Record: P 4:04.63 1981 Tracy Caulkins (Nashville)
NCAA A Std: A 4:03.62
NCAA B Std: B 4:17.30
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Pasadyn, Felicia SR Harvard 4:13.45 4:10.45B 32
25.69 54.74 (29.05)
1:25.73 (30.99) 1:57.18 (31.45)
2:33.77 (36.59) 3:12.04 (38.27)
3:41.51 (29.47) 4:10.45 (28.94)
2 Thompson, Mikki SR Harvard 4:13.86 4:14.14B 28
28.42 1:00.12 (31.70)
1:34.27 (34.15) 2:07.11 (32.84)
2:41.98 (34.87) 3:17.05 (35.07)
3:45.81 (28.76) 4:14.14 (28.33)
3 Pruden, Mary SR Columbia 4:17.22 4:15.00B 27
28.03 59.39 (31.36)
1:31.75 (32.36) 2:03.14 (31.39)
2:40.33 (37.19) 3:17.76 (37.43)
3:46.67 (28.91) 4:15.00 (28.33)
4 Marquardt, Ellie SO Princeton 4:17.60 4:16.15B 26
26.79 57.22 (30.43)
1:30.43 (33.21) 2:03.42 (32.99)
2:41.06 (37.64) 3:18.43 (37.37)
3:47.70 (29.27) 4:16.15 (28.45)
5 Cavanagh, Erin FR Harvard 4:17.17 4:16.24B 25
28.84 59.22 (30.38)
1:32.11 (32.89) 2:05.33 (33.22)
2:41.39 (36.06) 3:19.06 (37.67)
3:47.29 (28.23) 4:16.24 (28.95)
6 Yeager, Jess SO Princeton 4:16.99 4:17.94 24
26.99 57.48 (30.49)
1:30.62 (33.14) 2:04.09 (33.47)
2:40.47 (36.38) 3:18.78 (38.31)
3:48.88 (30.10) 4:17.94 (29.06)
7 Paoletti, Olivia JR Yale 4:18.70 4:18.48 23
28.05 59.51 (31.46)
1:33.52 (34.01) 2:07.56 (34.04)
2:42.70 (35.14) 3:18.60 (35.90)
3:49.01 (30.41) 4:18.48 (29.47)
8 Paoletti, Isabella FR Yale 4:18.85 4:25.46 22
28.29 1:00.04 (31.75)
1:34.42 (34.38) 2:08.46 (34.04)
2:45.59 (37.13) 3:23.31 (37.72)
3:55.02 (31.71) 4:25.46 (30.44)
Event 10 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Meet Record: M 51.57 2013 Alex Forrester (Yale)
Pool Record: P 51.89 2018 Miki Dahlke (Harvard)
NCAA A Std: A 50.92
NCAA B Std: B 53.76
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Venema, Nikki JR Princeton 53.63 52.42B 32
24.87 52.42 (27.55)
2 Carr, Abigail FR Harvard 53.86 52.69B 28
24.69 52.69 (28.00)
3 Henig, Iszac JR Yale 53.53 52.82B 27
24.90 52.82 (27.92)
4 Massey, Alexandra FR Yale 53.73 53.59B 26
25.46 53.59 (28.13)
5 Chidley, Nell JR Brown 54.56 54.00 25
25.20 54.00 (28.80)
6 Reznicek, Jenna FR Brown 54.00 54.08 24
25.45 54.08 (28.63)
7 Bradley, Christina JR Princeton 54.39 54.16 23
25.47 54.16 (28.69)
8 Matsushima, Sage JR Brown 54.63 54.64 22
25.61 54.64 (29.03)
Event 11 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 1:43.78 2020 Miki Dahlke (Harvard)
Pool Record: P 1:45.00 2018 Miki Dahlke (Harvard)
NCAA A Std: A 1:42.98
NCAA B Std: B 1:47.12
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Thomas, Lia SR Penn 1:44.91 1:43.12M 32
25.12 52.14 (27.02)
1:18.08 (25.94) 1:43.12 (25.04)
2 Shelton, Samantha JR Harvard 1:47.42 1:45.82B 28
24.94 52.19 (27.25)
1:18.89 (26.70) 1:45.82 (26.93)
3 Hamlin, Molly FR Harvard 1:46.66 1:47.33 27
25.37 52.71 (27.34)
1:20.10 (27.39) 1:47.33 (27.23)
4 Post, Ashley JR Dartmouth 1:48.09 1:47.48 26
25.06 52.36 (27.30)
1:20.09 (27.73) 1:47.48 (27.39)
5 Moesch, Marlise SR Yale 1:48.25 1:48.09 25
25.70 52.94 (27.24)
1:20.49 (27.55) 1:48.09 (27.60)
6 O'Leary, Bridget JR Penn 1:48.79 1:48.29 24
25.41 52.97 (27.56)
1:20.74 (27.77) 1:48.29 (27.55)
7 Kaczorowski, Margot JR Penn 1:48.48 1:48.73 23
25.39 52.74 (27.35)
1:20.75 (28.01) 1:48.73 (27.98)
8 Leko, Mia JR Dartmouth 1:47.96 1:49.29 22
25.28 52.73 (27.45)
1:20.81 (28.08) 1:49.29 (28.48)
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet Record: M 58.44 2013 Katie Meili (Columbia)
Pool Record: P 59.64 2012 Katie Meili (Columbia)
NCAA A Std: A 58.46
NCAA B Std: B 1:01.84
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
=========================================================================
=== A - Final ===
1 Denisenko, Aleksandra FR Harvard 1:01.57 1:00.96B 32
28.67 1:00.96 (32.29)
2 Buckley, Marykate JR Yale 1:02.48 1:01.69B 28
28.74 1:01.69 (32.95)
3 Franks, Ava FR Yale 1:02.32 1:01.96 27
28.66 1:01.96 (33.30)
4 McDonald, Margaux SO Princeton 1:02.21 1:02.48 26
30.09 1:02.48 (32.39)
5 Maizes, Rachel SR Penn 1:02.50 1:02.76 25
29.56 1:02.76 (33.20)
6 Pytel, Isabella FR Penn 1:02.77 1:02.88 24
29.39 1:02.88 (33.49)
7 Estabrook, Grace SR Penn 1:02.46 1:03.07 23
29.54 1:03.07 (33.53)
8 Willhite, Kellie SO Brown 1:02.88 1:03.20 22
29.51 1:03.20 (33.69)
Event 13 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Meet Record: M 52.34 2019 Bella Hindley (Yale)
Pool Record: P 52.45 2018 Heidi Vanderwel (Yale)
NCAA A Std: A 50.93
NCAA B Std: B 53.94
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Reznicek, Jenna FR Brown 52.43 52.94B 32
25.14 52.94 (27.80)
2 Korbly, Isabella FR Princeton 53.85 53.88B 28
25.83 53.88 (28.05)
3 Wagner, Lindsey SO Yale 54.66 54.36 27
26.21 54.36 (28.15)
4 Hamlin, Molly FR Harvard 54.25 54.38 26
26.89 54.38 (27.49)
5 Kannan, Hannah SR Penn 53.76 54.42 25
26.07 54.42 (28.35)
6 Murphy, Quinn FR Yale 54.72 54.54 24
26.44 54.54 (28.10)
7 Pappas, Alexa FR Princeton 55.04 55.23 23
26.49 55.23 (28.74)
8 Bullock, Addie Rose SO Harvard 55.20 55.30 22
26.80 55.30 (28.50)
Event 14 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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Meet Record: M 3:32.72 2020 Harvard
F. Pasadyn, J. Yegher, M. Dahlke, K. Quist
Pool Record: P 3:34.22 2018 Yale
H. Vanderwel, C. O'Leary, M. Zimmerman, B. Hindley
NCAA A Std: A 3:31.66
NCAA B Std: B 3:33.78
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Harvard 3:40.88 3:35.82 64
1) Pasadyn, Felicia SR 2) Denisenko, Aleksandra FR
3) Carr, Abigail FR 4) Brenner, Mandy FR
25.49 53.42 (53.42)
1:21.83 (28.41) 1:54.23 (1:00.81)
2:18.29 (24.06) 2:46.42 (52.19)
3:09.35 (22.93) 3:35.82 (49.40)
2 Yale 3:37.49 3:36.10 56
1) Wagner, Lindsey SO 2) Buckley, Marykate JR
3) Massey, Alexandra FR 4) Henig, Iszac JR
26.28 54.20 (54.20)
1:22.80 (28.60) 1:55.76 (1:01.56)
2:20.40 (24.64) 2:48.79 (53.03)
3:11.58 (22.79) 3:36.10 (47.31)
3 Princeton 3:39.60 3:38.63 54
1) Korbly, Isabella FR 2) McDonald, Margaux SO
3) Venema, Nikki JR 4) Bradley, Christina JR
26.49 54.04 (54.04)
1:23.23 (29.19) 1:56.70 (1:02.66)
2:20.86 (24.16) 2:48.62 (51.92)
3:12.32 (23.70) 3:38.63 (50.01)
4 Brown 3:43.62 3:41.72 52
1) Reznicek, Jenna FR 2) Lukawski, Audrey SR
3) Chidley, Nell JR 4) Scott, Samantha SO
25.96 54.62 (54.62)
1:24.01 (29.39) 1:57.84 (1:03.22)
2:23.00 (25.16) 2:51.94 (54.10)
3:15.42 (23.48) 3:41.72 (49.78)
5 Penn 3:40.97 3:41.87 50
1) Kannan, Hannah SR 2) Estabrook, Grace SR
3) Chong, Vanessa FR 4) Thomas, Lia SR
26.89 54.49 (54.49)
1:24.29 (29.80) 1:57.35 (1:02.86)
2:22.89 (25.54) 2:52.04 (54.69)
3:16.06 (24.02) 3:41.87 (49.83)
6 Columbia 3:46.55 3:44.25 48
1) Ganihanova, Aziza SO 2) Walker, Allegra SO
3) Wang, Emily SR 4) Macdonald, Emily FR
27.23 56.19 (56.19)
1:25.47 (29.28) 1:59.33 (1:03.14)
2:24.30 (24.97) 2:53.89 (54.56)
3:17.90 (24.01) 3:44.25 (50.36)
7 Dartmouth 3:51.77 3:45.35 46
1) Howley, Mary FR 2) Van Steyn, Kenna SR
3) Leko, Mia JR 4) Post, Ashley JR
27.45 56.11 (56.11)
1:26.73 (30.62) 2:01.86 (1:05.75)
2:26.85 (24.99) 2:55.77 (53.91)
3:19.27 (23.50) 3:45.35 (49.58)
8 Cornell 3:50.79 3:48.25 44
1) Munoz, Aviva JR 2) Wu, Amy SO
3) Gruvberger, Anna SO 4) Wongso, Priscilla SO
27.55 57.02 (57.02)
1:27.01 (29.99) 2:01.77 (1:04.75)
2:27.70 (25.93) 2:57.85 (56.08)
3:21.65 (23.80) 3:48.25 (50.40)
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 14
1. Harvard University 1020.5 2. Yale University 813
3. University of Pennsylvania 808 4. Princeton University 754
5. Brown University 617 6. Columbia University 478.5
7. Dartmouth College 409 8. Cornell University 338
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Thomas is SANDBAGGING “her” swims. He can swim much faster but won’t so he does not hurt his chances of swimming at the NCAA Women’s Championships. Any clear minded swim fan can see this and this meet is turning into a gigantic farce. Need I say more? I don’t think so.
So true Billy.
Can see it with the stroke rate and no kicks, especially in the 200 leadoff leg of the 800 relay. I still cannot believe that no significant women swimmers (ex-Olympians, NCAA champions, etc.) have spoken out against this travesty of “woke”-fairness that basically sinks Title IX. What next, an Ivy League coach recruiting a dolphin or porpoise with good SAT scores that identifies as a woman?
This is a ridiculous and unfair situation. We all want equality for all. This is NOT equality.
Alex Walsh swam faster at the ACC Championships than Lia Thomas did at her conference meet – and within 0.5 sec of what Lia Thomas swam a few months ago.
Game ON y’all.
Lia Thomas is not even in the same
league as Alex Walsh. Come on! She was mediocre as a male swimmer. And now as a female swimmer on the same level as a Alex Walsh?? Give me a break! If Missy’s record is to be broken in the 200, it should be broken by a a biological female swimmer as amazing as Alex Walsh! Not by a transgender female with all of her male advantages!
Absolutely agree. This is a farce, and history will not look kindly on those who are perpetrating it.
Thomas is coasting right now though. Thomas purposely swam the leadoff leg of the 800 free relay to match Yale’s transgender swimmer. The next day, magically Thomas swam 200 free 2 seconds faster while also sandbagging. If Thomas swam as fast as ‘she’ did when racing male for UPenn, there is no chance any woman wins.
Lia is a male and will never be a female. The whole transgender ideology is trying to force society to believe in a lie! No human can change sex.
Yay! Lea ranked #1 and another victory for her. She is showing the world that Trans athletes like her and Izzi Henig of Yale belong. And this isn’t new; NCAA had trans winners in Track and Field at least as early as 2019. This is breaking down another barrier of elitist segregation that seeks to keep the best, strongest and fastest out; whether they be poor blacks or trans it is all the same to the transphobic and racists – “not in my pool” mentality. End the segregation and bracket them by ability instead of segregation based on sexist and racist barriers. Go Lia! go Izzi!
Lia is a man and always will be. XX versus XX females and XY versus XY. Chromosomes don’t lie. Name the NCAA trans winners, I follow track and Field at the D1 level and I sure as heck can’t name one. Lia Thomas belongs… in the Men’s competitions. Elitist segregation in sports? You need a mental check up.
CeCé Telfer is a Jamaican-American athlete who, in 2019, became the first openly transgender person to win an NCAA title.[2][3] While a student athlete at Franklin Pierce University, Telfer first competed without success in the men’s division from 2016 to 2017 but after coming out and beginning transition, Telfer was allowed to compete in the women’s division. Telfer eventually took first place in the 400-meter hurdles event in June 2019.
So an intersex individual with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS) who was born with XY chromosomes, female external genitalia, and no ability to utilize testosterone should compete in the Men’s competitions? Sure, such individuals are a very small percentage of the population, but what happens if someone with CAIS decides to be a swimmer and chromosomes are what are used to determine team placement?
Lia’s a cheater. End of story. Humans can’t change sex.
Let transgender compete with other transgenders! It is totally unfair to female athletes, especially in swimming.
Pft. I suppose you would want an NBA and NFL for whites only so they get play time. Segregation is the problem and not the solution. Bracket by ability regardless of sex or race. colleges are offering athletic scholarships to trans BIPOCs to both hit quotas and win championships. Get used to it. It is for a more diverse, inclusive and equitable society.
Humans can’t change sex. It has nothing to do with skin color. You keep trying to accuse people of bigotry because the facts don’t back you up and you know it. Keep it up! You’re helping more people reach peak trans with every comment!
You are promoting misogyny.
Why are the Ivy league female swimmers accepting this?
If it was me I with withdraw from any race Lia Thomas entered. Let him swim alone.
That’s what I’ve been saying from the beginning ?
“Negative Split Suggests Holding Back”
John Lohn, and many of the above commenters, are trafficking in conspiracy theories and apparently believe that they can read Ms. Thomas’s mind and know her intentions.
Negative splitting is a strategy that many swimmers utilize. Your conscious bias is showing.
Negative splits are sub optimal.
So he’s either sandbagging or he’s dumb (and still winning).
ok k
Amen Seth.
What does gender mean and what does sex mean? I think we have become confused. Lia Thomas is a born-male who identifies with the female gender. He has altered the way he looks and the way he lives and is now addressed as ‘she’. That’s Lia’s gender preference.
Lia was born with male genitals. Having gone through puberty, growth and sex hormones have helped to form the athlete that Lia is today. She may be addressed, with respect, to the gender that she identifies with, but she possesses the physical and even mental characteristics from the sex she was born as.
Lia is not a woman, although she identifies with the female gender. As such, her participation in women’s sports…may appear to be a progression of respect for gender identification, is in fact depriving the glory that would otherwise be obtained by completely natural women. That is where the crux is.
In this country, no one can tell you that you can’t be a certain way as it pertains to your own life. However, the rights of one stop when they infringe on the rights of others.
The solution is a transgender category, just as there exists multiple categories for those who participate in Paralympics. There can be a place for everyone in this picture. It simply should not come at the expense of others’ rightfully earned accomplishments and recognition. “Your rights end where my nose begins”.
Totally agree. Imagine if more and more trans athletes enter womens sport. The athletes born female may as well give up!
His win is not legitimate and I don’t recognize it as one. CONGRATULATIONS, Samantha Shelton, the only WOMAN who came in first place!!!
Yes because she is a man inside. Doesn’t matter what she looks like on the outside in a sport like this she is ways going to be faster than the girls. It’s just not fair. You can’t change some things.
This represents stupidity. Before you censor me on this remeber i see myself as the greatest commenter of all times and protector of the truth. If you disgree, you’re a biggot transprofessionohobe that does not respect my rights.
Sports should be categorized by biological sex. Allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports is an Injustice to women athletes. No amount of hormones or lack thereof is going to make LIA a biological female. This madness is unacceptable to every single biological female swimmer competing with zero chance of winning.