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Virginia Tech Swimmer Blasts NCAA after Losing Finals Spot to Lia Thomas

A former Olympian and Virginia Tech female swimmer blasted the NCAA in a letter Sunday alleging that the organization's policy allowing University of Pennsylvania transgender-identifying male swimmer ...
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A former Olympian and Virginia Tech female swimmer blasted the NCAA in a letter Sunday over their policy of allowing biologically male swimmers to compete against women.

Reka Gyorgy argued in the letter that the participation of Lia Thomas, the transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer, effectively resulted in her disqualification, since she came in one spot short of making the finals.

“I swam the 500 free at NCAA’s on March 17, 2022, where I got 17th, which means I didn’t make it back to the finals and was first alternate. I’m a 5th year senior, I have been top 16 and top 8 before and I know how much of a privilege it is to make finals at a meet this big,” Gyorgy wrote in a letter to the NCAA obtained by Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Wire.

“This is my last college meet ever and I feel frustrated. It feels like that final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA’s decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete. I know you could say I had the opportunity to swim faster and make the top 16, but this situation makes it a bit different and I can’t help but be angry or sad. It hurts me, my team and other women in the pool,” she wrote.

Gyorgy cited other examples of female athletes being prevented from placing or advancing at the competition because of Thomas’s outperforming them.

“One spot was taken away from the girl who got 9th in the 500 free and didn’t make it back to the A final, preventing her from being an All-American. Every event that transgender athletes competed in was one spot taken away from biological females throughout the meet,” she added.

Pleading with the NCAA, she urged compassion for and empathy with the female swimmers who feel disenfranchised by the purportedly progressive movement to include Thomas and other transgender athletes in female sports spaces.

“I ask that the @NCAA takes time to think about all the other biological women in swimming, try to think how they would feel if they would be in our shoes. Make the right changes for our sport and for a better future in swimming,” she said.
 
BlkSabbath74 said:
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Virginia Tech Swimmer Blasts NCAA after Losing Finals Spot to Lia Thomas

A former Olympian and Virginia Tech female swimmer blasted the NCAA in a letter Sunday alleging that the organization's policy allowing University of Pennsylvania transgender-identifying male swimmer ...
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A former Olympian and Virginia Tech female swimmer blasted the NCAA in a letter Sunday over their policy of allowing biologically male swimmers to compete against women.

Reka Gyorgy argued in the letter that the participation of Lia Thomas, the transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer, effectively resulted in her disqualification, since she came in one spot short of making the finals.

“I swam the 500 free at NCAA’s on March 17, 2022, where I got 17th, which means I didn’t make it back to the finals and was first alternate. I’m a 5th year senior, I have been top 16 and top 8 before and I know how much of a privilege it is to make finals at a meet this big,” Gyorgy wrote in a letter to the NCAA obtained by Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Wire.

“This is my last college meet ever and I feel frustrated. It feels like that final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA’s decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete. I know you could say I had the opportunity to swim faster and make the top 16, but this situation makes it a bit different and I can’t help but be angry or sad. It hurts me, my team and other women in the pool,” she wrote.

Gyorgy cited other examples of female athletes being prevented from placing or advancing at the competition because of Thomas’s outperforming them.

“One spot was taken away from the girl who got 9th in the 500 free and didn’t make it back to the A final, preventing her from being an All-American. Every event that transgender athletes competed in was one spot taken away from biological females throughout the meet,” she added.

Pleading with the NCAA, she urged compassion for and empathy with the female swimmers who feel disenfranchised by the purportedly progressive movement to include Thomas and other transgender athletes in female sports spaces.

“I ask that the @NCAA takes time to think about all the other biological women in swimming, try to think how they would feel if they would be in our shoes. Make the right changes for our sport and for a better future in swimming,” she said.
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It's about time women started speaking up - loudly!
 
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'I’m not a vet, but I know what a dog is': Woke man debates woman on female biology in defense of trans swimmer Lia Thomas. It doesn't go so well for him. | Blaze Media

He may as well have said, "Don't let your lying eyes deceive you." Because the proof was right there in front of a decidedly woke man and a refreshingly un-woke woman who were seen on video arguing in the bleachers about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas — a biological male who identifies as...
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It's about time the women stood up for themselves. And, to be honest, it pains me to say that. Men should protect women, but for decades now, men have been vilified to the point where our voices have been silenced on issues like this. If a man speaks out against this he's not only transphobic, but also misogynistic. Women and their "feminist movement" have created this mess, they need to fix it themselves now. This is the metaphorical "open your own damn door" moment for women.
 
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