BREAKING NEWSTransgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after being dealt fatal legal blow
nsgender swimmer Lia Thomas‘ demand that she be allowed to swim against women in the Olympics has been dealt a fatal blow after she lost a crucial lawsuit.
Thomas, 25, had asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn a ban on biological males competing against women in hopes of competing in the Olympics.
Thomas first rose to prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in 2022 and has been banned from competing against biological women in international events since following a change in regulations.
World Aquatics changed its policies so that transgender women can only compete in women’s races if they have completed their transition by the age of 12.
According to The Guardian, Thomas argued that those rules should be declared ‘invalid and unlawful’, and broke the Olympic charter and the World Aquatics convention.
In a decision handed down at the court of arbitration for sport, they concluded that Thomas wasn’t ‘entitled to engage with eligibility to compete in WA competitions’.
Thomas, 25, first rose to prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in 2022
Three months after Thomas’ win, World Aquatics implemented a ban on transgender women. US Swimming, by that time, had already introduced strict transgender regulations
World Aquatics welcomed the news, hailing it as a ‘major step forward in our efforts to protect women’s sport.’
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