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Female swimmer who tied for fifth with ‘Lia’ Thomas claims NCAA made her pose with sixth-place trophy

Updated: April 8, 2022 at 6:58 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Apr 8, 2022 – 2:49 pm EDT

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (LifeSiteNews) – A University of Kentucky female swimmer exposed the NCAA’s bias in favor of William “Lia” Thomas, a gender-confused male swimmer who competes against women.

Riley Gaines tied with the University of Pennsylvania’s Thomas at one of the swimming events at the NCAA championships, but officials told her Thomas needed to pose with the fifth-place trophy and Gaines could have the sixth-place one, even though the pair had the same time.

It’s part of a broader issue of men competing against women, Gaines told Tucker Carlson on Fox News Wednesday.

“I think the NCAA handled everything extremely poorly,” Gaines said.

“I went behind the podium to collect my fifth-place trophy, and they kind of blatantly told me Lia would hold the fifth-place trophy and that I could pose with the sixth-place trophy for photos and would be mailed a fifth-place trophy,” Gaines said.

The University of Kentucky swimmer told the Fox News host that when she questioned why Thomas would receive the trophy, an NCAA official said the trophies were being given out in “chronological order.”

“What does that mean? We tied, what are we

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