{"id":1134331,"date":"2021-12-20T14:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T19:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134331"},"modified":"2021-12-20T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T19:34:40","slug":"editor-of-swimming-magazine-says-trans-swimmers-advantage-just-like-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/editor-of-swimming-magazine-says-trans-swimmers-advantage-just-like-doping\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor of Swimming Magazine Says Trans Swimmer&#039;s Advantage Just Like &#039;Doping&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feditor-of-swimming-magazine-says-trans-swimmers-advantage-just-like-doping%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-17-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The editor of one of the nation\u2019s top swimming magazines says that the advantage a transgender swimmer has in women\u2019s sports is just like the unfair advantage athletes who dope have over opponents.<\/p>\n<p>John Lohn, chief editor of <i>Swimming World<\/i>, said that transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas \u2014 who has been smashing women\u2019s swimming records since \u201ctransitioning\u201d to a female this season \u2014 has a \u201cclear-cut edge over the biological females.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe newest predicament facing the sport is not one of rampant doping, but a complex scenario with an outcome that could be as damning. Yes, we\u2019re discussing the Lia Thomas saga \u2013 again. It\u2019s a debate not soon to go away, and with each passing day toward the NCAA Championships in March, the potential of Thomas racing for a Division I crown becomes a more pressing issue,\u201d Lohn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/without-ncaa-action-the-effects-of-lia-thomas-situation-are-akin-to-doping\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an op-ed published on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas performed unremarkably for nearly three years in the men\u2019s category on the U Penn team but took a year off before returning this season to compete as a transgender woman on the school\u2019s women\u2019s team. And since joining the team, Thomas has been demolishing one women\u2019s swimming record after another.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas dominated the 500-yard Freestyle, recently setting an Ivy League record with a winning time of 4:34.06 in the finals. Then there was the new program, meet, and pool record set in the 1,650-yard freestyle in which Thomas surged 38 seconds ahead of the event\u2019s second-place winner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The video reportedly chronicles the 1650 Free swim event in which Thomas set a record as a female swimmer, crushing the competition by an incredible 38 seconds. In that swim meet, Thomas blasted past the competition to win the 500 by 12 seconds and the 200 free by seven seconds. These numbers are enormous, considering wins are usually clocked by less than two or three seconds ahead of the swimmer in second place.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.24\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/liaThomas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#liaThomas<\/a> for saving women\u2019s sports by showing just how preposterous it is for a strapping athletic young biological man to compete with biological women. <\/p>\n<p>Margin of victory, 40 seconds.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#saveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AFAZlH5QWt\">pic.twitter.com\/AFAZlH5QWt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End the Mandates (@weRessential) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weRessential\/status\/1468810186357891079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, these record-smashing performances are alarming as far as Lohn is concerned. The ease with which Thomas is smashing women\u2019s records brings Lohn to feel that the NCAA\u2019s requirements for transgender people are \u201cnot nearly stringent enough to create a level playing field between Thomas and the biological females against whom she is racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the hormone suppressants she has taken, in accordance with NCAA guidelines,\u201d Lohn continued, \u201cThomas\u2019 male-puberty advantage has not been rolled back an adequate amount. The fact is, for nearly 20 years, she built muscle and benefited from the testosterone naturally produced by her body. That strength does not disappear overnight, nor with a year\u2019s worth of suppressants. Consequently, Thomas dives into the water with an inherent advantage over those on the surrounding blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Lohn insisted that Thomas\u2019 male physique was no different than the advantage that dopers get when they load their systems with performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are stating is this: The effects of being born a biological male, as they relate to the sport of swimming, offer Thomas a clear-cut edge over the biological females against whom she is competing. She is stronger. It is that simple. And this strength is beneficial to her stroke, on turns, and to her endurance. Doping has the same effect,\u201d Lohn said.<\/p>\n<p>Lohn praised parents of U Penn students who penned a letter to the NCAA demanding that something is done about the damage Thomas is doing to the integrity of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood for speaking out against an injustice,\u201d Lohn insisted of the parents\u2019 letter. \u201cNow, the NCAA needs to act, and it needs to act quickly. This scenario \u2013 with the effects of doping \u2013 cannot linger. For the good of the sport, and for fairness to those competing as biological women, a ruling must come down soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To date, the NCAA has made no comments about the U Penn parents\u2019 letter, but Lohn pleaded for the organization to do something, adding, \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t, the NCAA just doesn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The editor of one of the nation\u2019s top swimming magazines says that the advantage a transgender swimmer has in women\u2019s sports is just like the unfair advantage athletes who dope &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}