{"id":2266230,"date":"2024-06-12T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-olympic-dream-dashed-by-court\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:58:09","slug":"lia-thomas-olympic-dream-dashed-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-olympic-dream-dashed-by-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Court ruling ends Lia Thomas&#8217;s Olympic aspirations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Flia-thomas-olympic-dream-dashed-by-court%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=2266230&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>The summary is about Lia \u200bThomas, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-bull-its-a-freaking-dude-biological-man-swimming-for-u-penns-womens-team-utterly-destroys-young-women-in-competition\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is Bull*** \u2026 It\u2019s A Freaking Dude\u2019: Biological Man Swimming For U Penn\u2019s Women\u2019s Team Utterly Destroys Young Women In Competition\">transgender swimmer<\/a>, whose dream of competing against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-respond-to-questions-about-transgender-athlete-lia-thomas-absolutely-dominating-womens-swimming\/\" title=\"White House Refuses To Respond To Questions About Transgender Athlete Lia Thomas Absolutely Dominating Women\u2019s Swimming\">biological female swimmers<\/a> in elite competitions was halted. The Court of Arbitration for\u2064 Sport did \u200dnot accept a challenge from Thomas that aimed at permitting her participation in these events. \u2063Lia Thomas, a \u2063transgender swimmer, faced \u2063a setback \u2064in her aspiration to compete against biological female swimmers at elite levels.\u2064 Her efforts were obstructed when the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed a challenge she filed\u200b seeking permission to participate in \u2064these \u2062competitions. This decision impacts her dreams of competing at the highest levels of her sport.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>The dream of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>transgender<\/a> swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lia-thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lia Thomas<\/a> to defeat more biological <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>female<\/a> competition was dashed after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Court of Arbitration for Sport<\/a> rejected a challenge from Thomas that would have allowed the athlete to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sports\" title>compete<\/a> in elite competitions for women.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-aclus-ridiculous-myths-and-facts-about-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Debunking The ACLU\u2019s Ridiculous \u2018Myths And Facts\u2019 About Transgender Athletes\">biological man<\/a> who identifies as female, requested the Switzerland-based court repudiate the current policy that denies Thomas access to competing in \u201celite\u201d women\u2019s races, including the Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/transgender-swimmer-lia-thomas-loses-163220668.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a Wednesday report.<\/p>\n<p>An arbitration panel then ruled that Thomas did not meet the standards to appeal the policy, which was established by World Aquatics, because \u201cfor the time being,\u201d the policy does not apply to the athlete, the report noted.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Great news! Lia Thomas won&#8217;t be able to compete in women&#8217;s category at the Olympics or any other elite competition.<\/p>\n<p>He has just lost his legal battle in Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling.<\/p>\n<p>This is a victory for women and girls everywhere<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fEZc47K0FA\">https:\/\/t.co\/fEZc47K0FA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1800949740739457262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Thomas] is currently only entitled to compete in USA Swimming events that do not qualify as \u2018Elite Events,&#8217;\u201d the arbitral award stated.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas became the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-openly-transgender-athlete-will-compete-in-olympics-after-dominating-female-weightlifting-competitions\/\" title=\"First Openly Transgender Athlete Will Compete In Olympics After Dominating Female Weightlifting Competitions\">openly transgender athlete<\/a> to win an NCAA Division I national championship in March 2022 while competing for the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riley Gaines, one of the biological women who competed against Thomas, celebrated the the decision by the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat news! Lia Thomas won\u2019t be able to compete in women\u2019s category at the Olympics or any other elite competition,\u201d Gaines posted to X. \u201cHe has just lost his legal battle in Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling. This is a victory for women and girls everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas&#8217;s dream to compete against more biological females was halted when the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed her challenge. Thomas, a biological male identifying as female, sought to overturn restrictions preventing her participation in elite women&#8217;s events. The Switzerland-based court upheld the existing rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2266231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24026657004529-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24026657004529-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266230","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}