‘Fundamentally Unfair’: Female Athletes ‘Terrified’ to Rebuff Transgenders, so Hall of Fame Swimmer Speaks Out

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Lia Thomas previously competed as a male swimmer—claiming second place in several Ivy League championship events at Penn university as a man—before winning at the NCAAs while competing as a female.

Few women athletes have dared to openly decry any biological advantage Thomas might have competing with biologically female swimmers.