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In this file photo, University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Lia Catherine Thomas [2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, before being barred from competing in women's events by World Aquatics.
The American swimmer is taking legal action in a bid to compete in elite female sport ... Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas launches legal action against ban. ... (Getty Images) In 2022, she ...
Lia Thomas made history last Friday when she became the first transgender woman to win the NCAA Division I national title in the 500-yard freestyle. ... The post Ex-Olympic Swimmer Calls Out NCAA ...
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has been quietly mounting a legal battle against World Aquatics to overturn the swimming governing body’s effective ban on most trans women competing in the ...
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Iszac Henig is an American swimmer specializing in short distance freestyle races, and an undergraduate at Yale University.He gained particular notice as part of the debate about transgender people in sports when he came out as a trans man, while continuing to swim on the Yale women's team and achieving All-America status at the NCAA Division I Championship.
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made national headlines in 2022 after winning an NCAA individual title, will not be allowed to compete in elite women’s races, including the 2024 Olympics ...