{"id":1200648,"date":"2022-01-08T21:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T02:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200648"},"modified":"2022-01-08T21:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T02:04:43","slug":"trans-man-beats-trans-woman-at-ivy-league-womens-swim-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-man-beats-trans-woman-at-ivy-league-womens-swim-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Man Beats Trans Woman At Ivy League Women\u2019s Swim Meet"},"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%2Ftrans-man-beats-trans-woman-at-ivy-league-womens-swim-meet%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=1200648&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--><p>On Saturday, two transgender contestants, one born male claiming to be female and the other born female claiming to be male, competed in an Ivy League swim meet \u2014 both in the women\u2019s bracket featuring Yale University, Dartmouth College, and University of Pennsylvania competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas was born a male and for three years swam on Penn\u2019s men\u2019s swim team before \u201ctransitioning\u201d senior year. Thomas has made headlines repeatedly over the last few months for dominating against female competitors all season. But at the event this weekend, Thomas received a peculiar upset after losing to Iszack Henig, who is being allowed to swim against women for Yale despite now claiming to be a man.<\/p>\n<p>After completing races for the day, Henig went topless, revealing a chest that has undergone breast removal surgery.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10382019\/Trans-UPenn-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-wins-200m-freestyle-race-two-seconds.html\">The Daily Mai<\/a>l, \u201cThomas was crushed twice in a women\u2019s swim meet by another transgender competitor who is transitioning from female to male \u2013 first in the 100-yard freestyle,\u201d where Thomas placed fifth, and then again in&nbsp;the 400-yard freestyle relay.<\/p>\n<p>According to parents who asked to remain anonymous, Thomas seemed to be \u201ccoasting\u201d and \u201cbarely trying\u201d while winning the first of four races by just two seconds. The races were close despite the fact that Thomas shattered two women\u2019s records with a 38-second margin against the next closest competitor earlier this season. The freestyle race was also much closer for the victorious Penn swimmer than in previous races.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Henig \u201calso finished first in the earlier 50-yard freestyle,\u201d beating Thomas by three seconds. After the race, parents witnessed a shirtless Heing walk around the pool deck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t prepared for that. Everything is messed up. I can\u2019t wrap my head around this. The NCAA needs to do something about this. They need to put science into the decision and discussion,\u201d a UPenn parent told DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n<p>Another parent, perhaps confused by the terminology, said of Henig, \u201cA man just crushed the women\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henig is allowed to swim against women because the Yale swimmer has not undergone transgender hormone treatment. Henig clarified that explanation further in a 2021 opinion column.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a student athlete, coming out as a trans guy put me in a weird position. I could start hormones to align more with myself, or wait, transition socially, and keep competing on a women\u2019s swim team. I decided on the latter,\u201d Henig wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI value my contributions to the team and recognize that my boyhood doesn\u2019t hinge on whether there\u2019s more or less testosterone running through my veins,\u201d Henig wrote. \u201cAt least, that\u2019s what I\u2019ll try to remember when I put on the women\u2019s swimsuit for the competition and am reminded of a self I no longer feel attached to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teammates-of-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-considered-boycotting-final-meet-to-protest-unfairness\">reported<\/a> last month, Thomas\u2019 teammates who were upset that a man was allowed to swim against them were planning to boycott marquee swimming events if Thomas was allowed to continue to dominate.<\/p>\n<p>After Thomas\u2019 uncharacteristically bad day, at least one parent speculated that the Penn swimmer, and possibly others, threw the race slightly to avoid that conflict next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow convenient that they have now avoided this potential conflict that they\u2019re now aware was going to take place,\u201d a parent told DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, two transgender contestants, one born male claiming to be female and the other born female claiming to be male, competed in an Ivy League swim meet \u2014 both in the women\u2019s bracket featuring Yale University, Dartmouth College, and University of Pennsylvania competitors. 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