Thu Mar 24, 2022 – 1:46 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Virginia Tech swimmer Réka György has blasted the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for its policy allowing men who identify as women to compete on women’s swim teams, arguing in an open letter last weekend that “[e]very event that transgender athlete competed in was one spot taken away from biological females.”
György, a Hungarian-born swimmer who participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and now competes on the Virginia Tech women’s swim team, wrote the letter in reference to the NCAA policy which allowed “transgender” University of Pennsylvania swimmer William “Lia” Thomas to compete in the Division 1 Women’s 500 Yard Freestyle held March 17.
‘TAKEN FROM ME’: Swimmer who missed out on finals by one spot rips NCAA for allowing transgenders to compete. https://t.co/3Zbmxgng4J pic.twitter.com/XnrehBNfEW
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Thomas, a man who identifies as a woman, has shattered records and generated national controversy since he began competing on the women’s team after swimming for three seasons on the men’s team. He was declared the winner of Thursday’s NCAA competition, coming in 1.75 seconds ahead of the best
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