{"id":1411406,"date":"2022-03-30T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411406"},"modified":"2022-03-30T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:00:25","slug":"lauren-boebert-declares-emma-weyant-rightful-winner-in-race-against-trans-swimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lauren-boebert-declares-emma-weyant-rightful-winner-in-race-against-trans-swimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Boebert Declares Emma Weyant &#039;Rightful Winner&#039; in Race Against Trans Swimmer"},"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\">24<\/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%2Flauren-boebert-declares-emma-weyant-rightful-winner-in-race-against-trans-swimmer%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=1411406&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 class=\"subheading\">Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R) has authored a resolution declaring runner-up Emma Weyant, the \u201crightful winner\u201d of the NCAA women\u2019s 500-meter freestyle race, instead of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Weyant, a University of Virginia swimmer and Olympic silver medalist, finished second to Thomas at the NCAA championships.<\/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>\n<p><em>Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas (Kathryn Riley\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Weyant\u2019s resolution, which 21 other House Republicans endorse, officially recognizes Weyant as the true winner because she was the first female to finish the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the women\u2019s race, and a man improperly took the first place title from Emma,\u201d Boebert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/lauren-boebert-declares-runner-up-to-transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-rightful-winner?msclkid=5eea694fb06e11ec8de55f7725eba1a7\">explained<\/a> to Fox News Digital. \u201cWhen it comes to competitive sports, biology should really triumph (over) ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Weyant added,\u00a0\u201cI truly believe in giving honor where honor is due and Emma is absolutely worthy of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, a man, competed on the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s men\u2019s swimming team for his first three years at the school before deciding to identify as a female in his senior season. During his time on the men\u2019s team, Thomas, known as Will at the time, compiled a thoroughly mediocre record that saw him ranked anywhere from 450th to 462nd nationally.<\/p>\n<p>A fact that was not lost on Boebert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMediocre male athletes who want first place rather than 450th should simply try harder and not pretend to be something that they\u2019re not,\u201d Boebert said.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has undergone the hormone therapy mandated by the NCAA for transgender athletes to be able to compete. However, as his success in the women\u2019s category has shown and scientific research has proven, hormone therapy does nothing to mitigate male advantages in muscle mass, bone size and density, or heart and lung capacity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The resolution recognizes Weyant for her Olympic achievements, her stunning success with the University of Virginia swim team, and her four All-American titles in high school.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert\u2019s resolution declares Weyant a \u201crole model for girls across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Maddie-Meyer_Getty-Images-18-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Weyant\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant (Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmma Weyant was the fastest woman competing in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women\u2019s 500-Yard Freestyle, but her first-place win was stolen by a mediocre man who couldn\u2019t cut it in men\u2019s swimming,\u201d Boebert <a href=\"https:\/\/boebert.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-boebert-introduces-resolution-honoring-fastest-female-swimmer-ncaa\">said<\/a> in a\u00a0press release. \u201cEmma is a world-class student-athlete whose strong performances in the Summer Olympics and 2022 NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championship speak for themselves. These victories, coupled with her leadership of other women on her team and her dedication to excellence are worthy of Congressional recognition. I will keep working to save women\u2019s sports from woke ideology threatening to strip women of a level playing field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution follows a proclamation from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) just last week, who also declared Weyant \u2013 a Florida native \u2013 the actual winner of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert\u2019s measure is not expected to pass in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R) has authored a resolution declaring runner-up Emma Weyant, the \u201crightful winner\u201d of the NCAA women\u2019s 500-meter freestyle race, instead of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. 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