{"id":1200766,"date":"2022-01-08T23:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200766"},"modified":"2022-01-08T23:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T04:04:37","slug":"trans-male-swimmer-beats-upenn-trans-female-swimmer-lia-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-male-swimmer-beats-upenn-trans-female-swimmer-lia-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Male Swimmer Beats UPenn Trans Female Swimmer Lia Thomas"},"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\">20<\/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-male-swimmer-beats-upenn-trans-female-swimmer-lia-thomas%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=1200766&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\/2022\/01\/Lia-Thompson-Penn-Athletics-Facebook-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas recently lost a 100-yard freestyle race to a transgender male swimmer after a string of nearly unopposed victories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Thomas is a man presenting himself as a woman while his opponent,&nbsp;Iszac Henig, is a woman transitioning to become a man. His loss occurred at UPenn\u2019s tri-meet with the Yale and Dartmouth swim teams, where he won both the 200-year and 500-yard freestyle while scoring fifth in the 100-yard, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10382019\/Trans-UPenn-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-wins-200m-freestyle-race-two-seconds.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/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 class=\"speakable\">\u201cStunned parents at the meet held at UPenn\u2019s pool in Philadelphia gasped as Yale swimmer Iszac Henig easily beat out [her] opponents in the women\u2019s 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.57 seconds,\u201d noted the <em>Mail<\/em>. \u201cThomas finished fifth with a time of 52.84 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Though Henig had her breasts removed, she reportedly delayed hormone treatments to compete in women\u2019s swimming.<\/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 in the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/06\/26\/opinion\/pride-2021-covid-coming-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> last June.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\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 continued. \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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amazingly PROUD of our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaleSwimDive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YaleSwimDive<\/a> student-athlete Izzi Henig for sharing his story with the world.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThisIsYale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThisIsYale<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cPOwTuHUnT\">https:\/\/t.co\/cPOwTuHUnT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yale Athletics (@YaleAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaleAthletics\/status\/1409918492158087168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Henig hails from Palo Alto, California, and has been competing with the Yale swim team since 2018, where her specialty has been freestyle and butterfly.&nbsp; Spectators of the race told the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> they were stunned by her victory over Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\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 one UPenn parent told the <em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas, who previously&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/pennathletics.com\/sports\/mens-swimming-and-diving\/roster\/will-thomas\/14590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">competed<\/a>&nbsp;for the UPenn men\u2019s team for three seasons as Will Thomas, became a controversial figure late last year when he dominated the competition at the&nbsp;Akron Zippy Invitational, smashing university records and pool records when he <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/transgender-penn-swimmer-lia-thomas-smashes-more-records-at-akron-event-ncaa-titles-appear-certain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">won<\/a>&nbsp;the 1650 race by a whopping 38 seconds over his teammate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The women are in second place after day one of the Zippy Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>Lia Thomas set a pool and meet record in the 500 free!<\/p>\n<p>\u1f4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b\">https:\/\/t.co\/8ECO8Dts6b<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOnPenn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOnPenn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4V4wjhnkOf\">pic.twitter.com\/4V4wjhnkOf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn Swimming &amp; Diving (@PennSwimDive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennSwimDive\/status\/1466951187127803912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some female swimmers lamented that Thomas began&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/13\/so-easy-i-was-cruising-trans-upenn-swimmer-bragged-about-beating-female-opponents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasting&nbsp;<\/a>about the ease of his victory following the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was so easy, I was cruising,\u201d a female swimmer reported Thomas as saying. \u201cAt least I\u2019m still No. 1 in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parents and several athletes protested that Lia Thomas had an unfair advantage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/16\/upenn-parents-plead-ncaa-change-rules-after-trans-swimmer-dominates-women\/\">demanded<\/a> that the NCAA put a stop to it. Late last month, one swimming official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/12\/24\/i-cant-support-this-usa-swimming-official-resigns-in-protest-of-trans-swimmer\/\">even publicly quit<\/a> in protest. Despite the outrage, both the Ivy League and the NCAA have pledged support to Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several years, Lia and the University of Pennsylvania worked with the NCAA to follow all of the appropriate protocols in order to comply with the NCAA policy on transgender athlete participation and compete on the Penn women\u2019s swimming and diving team. The Ivy League has adopted and applies the same NCAA policy,\u201d the conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/07\/ivy-league-pledges-unwavering-commitment-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas\/\">said this past Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Penn Athletics echoed the league\u2019s sentiment.&nbsp;\u201cPenn Athletics is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive environment for all our student-athletes, coaches, and staff, and we hold true to that commitment today and in the future,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ivy League releases the following statement of support regarding Penn&#8217;s Lia Thomas&#8217; participation on the women&#8217;s swimming and diving team. \ud83c\udf3f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wdEDW4ud5O\">pic.twitter.com\/wdEDW4ud5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ivy League (@IvyLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IvyLeague\/status\/1479165876007886852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement regarding our women\u2019s swimmer, Lia Thomas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FightOnPenn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FightOnPenn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvrnBbfeEr\">pic.twitter.com\/lvrnBbfeEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Penn Quakers (@pennathletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pennathletics\/status\/1479165903652675598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas recently lost a 100-yard freestyle race to a transgender male swimmer after a string of nearly unopposed victories. 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