Posted on 06/19/2022 8:21:34 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies has spoken of her 'pride' for the sport after the international governing body FINA announced it will be banning transgender athletes from women's races.
Transgender swimmers like Lia Thomas, who currently competes in the women's category at swim meets, has smashed women's records and caused uproar with many arguing that she has an unfair physical advantage on her fellow competitors.
The decision was made during FINA's extraordinary general congress on the sidelines of the world championships in Budapest after members heard a report from a transgender task force comprising leading medical, legal and sports figures.
British Olympian Sharron Davies MBE, who has advocated for equality and fairness in sport and has spoken out against transgender swimmers in women's races, tweeted of FINA's news.
She wrote: 'I can’t tell you how proud I am of my sport @fina & @fina_president for doing the science, asking the athletes/coaches and standing up for fair sport for females.
'Swimming will always welcome everyone no matter how you identify but fairness is the cornerstone of sport.'
Her tweet was in response to her own post from Friday, which read: 'Once a male has gone through puberty there will always be a large retained performance advantage & bone structure.
'Why are we asking females to accept competing with a known disadvantage before we even start? Females are not men with less testosterone. Compete with your sex.'
Davies lost out on gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics to East German swimmer Petra Schneider, who was later pinged for doping with performance enhancing drugs, including testosterone.
Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer
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Mail online calling him a she. What journalistic dishonesty.
He has no reason to keep up the charade now.
Trans jumped the shark-a- relli
Why do they ALWAYS hedge like that? They come out with starts off as a promising position, then they ALWAYS cave in a bit. I hate the mealy-mouthed double talk on this issue.
She should have said "Real women swimmers do NOT want to compete against mentally ill men who believe in the bizarre fantasy that they somehow magically became women."
Uh…
Will Thomas’s existing records be invalidated?
They should be. The international governing body for the sport has spoken.
It would also be good to upgrade the records of Thomas’s competitors.
He needs to go back to his own lane - in every way and quit playing pretend.
Will “was not even close” to being competitive when competing against men....according to former mens teammates.
And take away “scholarships” from transexuals who competed against women.
“Liar” Thomas...
I think in Britain and Canadastan it’s a crime to not address someone with their preferences. Crazy.
“Will Thomas’s existing records be invalidated?”
I doubt it, his records are NCAA (woke College institution) To my knowledge FINA has no say in the NCAA.
“Swimming will always welcome everyone no matter how you identify...AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW REALITY AND COMPETE WITH YOUR OWN SEX.”
Shows he had other things in mind, like trying to interest some of the girls in a “lesbian” relationship?
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