Posted on 03/19/2022 6:28:07 AM PDT by Morgana
University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant won second place in the women’s 500-yard freestyle championships, losing to a man, Lia Thomas. Many viewers took to social media to congratulate Weyant for actually winning first place.
A tweet by the University of Virginia (UVA) Swimming and Dive account, which congratulated Weyant — who attends UVA — for winning second place, “with the third-fastest time in UVA history.” Weyant also won a silver medal in last year’s Summer Olympics.
The university’s tweet garnered thousands of comments by social media users, many of whom correct UVA, and informed the school that Weyant had actually won first place out of all of the females who competed against her.
“I identify her as first,” one Twitter user quipped.
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# Even Bruce Jenner is saying what Lia is doing is wrong but blames it on the rules
Bruce Jenner was instrumental in ushering this insanity into the culture. Why the hell does anyone listen to him?
Explanation: My point was a bit facetious. Do you really think that these ‘sports heros’ will want to compete with women at the expense of their personal ‘junk’? I think not.
He’ll still be a man.
Good Gawd that is so embarrassing to look at.
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