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Trans Swimmer Who Competed as a Man Until 2019 Smashes Ivy League Records at Women's Meet; The record would not be enough to win if he competed in men's sports
PJ Media ^ | 12/07/2021 | Rick Moran

Posted on 12/07/2021 10:46:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind


Lia Thomas ( formerly Will Thomas )

A transgender swimmer who competed as a man until November of 2019 recently smashed several women’s swimming records at an Akron, Ohio, meet, winning the 1,650-yard race by 38 seconds over the closest competitor.

Lia Thomas was able to qualify for next year’s NCAA women’s championship with record-smashing times at the Zippy Invitational meet. Thomas would be the first transgender athlete to qualify for a national title in swimming.

Thomas has met all the requirements the NCAA has set for men to compete as women. But the astonishing way Thomas dominated the competition should raise warning flags about the prospect of Thomas competing in the nationals.

Daily Mail:

On Friday night, Thomas managed to win the 500-yard freestyle in 4:34.06. The result set a new record, Akron pool record, Penn school record and the Ivy League record.

On Saturday she won the 200 free with a pool, meet and program record time of 1:41.93, some 7 seconds clear of second place.

Then, on Sunday, Thomas won the 1,650 freestyle in a record time of 15:59.71. She stormed home to win the race by 38 seconds with Kalandadze paddling her way to the finish with a time of 16:37.44.

The 200 is a sprint. To win the event by seven seconds is incredible. Anyone who knows anything about swimming knows that something is terribly, terribly wrong with that result.

Thomas’s times would be good — if he was competing as a man. But they wouldn’t win many races at the level of competition he was competing in. But competing as a woman, he absolutely blows the competition away.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; hasbeen; lolnonotawoman; record; swimming; transgender; wantabe; wishfulthinking; womenssports
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope he wins every race, and breaks every record. I hope he makes the Olympic team. Thats the only thing that will stop this madness.


21 posted on 12/07/2021 11:13:16 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope he wins every race, and breaks every record. I hope he makes the Olympic team. Thats the only thing that will stop this madness.


22 posted on 12/07/2021 11:13:16 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: SeekAndFind

Dennis Prager was talking about this today and explaining how this story is not covered by any of the national media. Even the local Penn State news sources are not bragging about the new women’s sport record (won by a man)
Disgusting is the word to best describe it.
Where are the feminist protesters?


23 posted on 12/07/2021 11:18:12 AM PST by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Easy to solve, but the women have to do it. No one can help them on this one.


24 posted on 12/07/2021 11:18:32 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: EQAndyBuzz

> There has to be a mathematical formula for leveling the field. <

You just need a chromosome rule. Contestants can self-identify and dress as they wish. But XX competes with XX, and XY competes with XY.

(I am aware that a very small percentage of individuals are neither XX nor XY. Let those folks choose.)


25 posted on 12/07/2021 11:18:34 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I wonder if Michael Phelps still has any years of college eligibility left - maybe he can come back, identify as a woman and begin a record-setting reign over women’s swimming. #CouldHappen


26 posted on 12/07/2021 11:19:52 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

how about men race men and women race women


27 posted on 12/07/2021 11:23:10 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: SeekAndFind

Has he had the Chopadickoffame operation? Either way, he’s a guy!


28 posted on 12/07/2021 11:23:26 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: hardspunned

Dennis Rodman might come out of retirement for that.


29 posted on 12/07/2021 11:23:33 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: bigdaddy45

This will end women’s sports if allowed to continue.


30 posted on 12/07/2021 11:27:56 AM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: volunbeer
Crazy times.......

Indeed. Female athletes better get used to this. Or stop it right now.

31 posted on 12/07/2021 11:28:18 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Rummyfan
stop it right now.

That’s the solution. Period.

32 posted on 12/07/2021 11:33:05 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: SeekAndFind

Left’s war on women. I have granddaughter who is a top shelf athlete. These freaks are stealing all the joy out of female sports.
The left is a disgusting monster that cheapens and destroys everything it touches.


33 posted on 12/07/2021 11:34:48 AM PST by jmaroneps37
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know anything about swimming and barely follow or even acknowledge any sports. Even I know that breaking any record by that much is terribly wrong.


34 posted on 12/07/2021 11:35:11 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: SeekAndFind

Every record HE/SHE sets will have an asterisk next to it.


35 posted on 12/07/2021 11:35:44 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( ‘When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty.’)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think ALL sports should be unisex. Men, women, trans, eunuchs, bi’s, all, can compete in the same event. That seems most fair. So if weightlifting Ilsa beats weightlifting Igor, it’s all good.

Total equality. That’s what feminists have demanded forever. No gender related issues whatsoever.


36 posted on 12/07/2021 11:36:45 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. STILL)
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37 posted on 12/07/2021 11:37:16 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

I think Phelps has 4 years of college eligibility. He swam for Baltimore Aquatic Club as a kid and then moved to Wolverine Aquatic Club when his age group coach became head coach at the University of Michigan. I’m pretty sure Phelps didn’t go to college.


38 posted on 12/07/2021 11:45:15 AM PST by ConservativeInPA ("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Wow. That is really instructive. Good info.


39 posted on 12/07/2021 11:46:15 AM PST by Obadiah (Fauci is the golden calf of science.)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Someone will break. The feminists or the trannies.


40 posted on 12/07/2021 11:48:38 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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