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Lia Thomas cruises to first win at Ivy League championships, breaks female pool record
The Washington Times ^ | Feb 17 | By Valerie Richardson

Posted on 02/17/2022 7:12:43 PM PST by RandFan

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her first individual title Thursday at the Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship, setting a pool record as she touched more than seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

The University of Pennsylvania senior won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:37.32, easily defeating Penn teammate Catherine Buroker, who placed second at 4:44.83.

The winning finish was also a pool record at Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool in Boston, breaking the mark held by 2008 and 2012 Olympic swimmer Kate Ziegler, according to Swimming World.

The 22-year-old Thomas also posted the fastest split in Wednesday’s 800 freestyle relay, although the Penn team finished third.

Thomas, who competed for three years on the Penn men’s team before joining the women’s side for the 2021-22 season, touched off a national debate over fairness and inclusion in sports with her record-smashing performances.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
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To: RandFan

“Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her first individual title Thursday”

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won it’s first individual title Thursday

There, I corrected the first sentence.


21 posted on 02/17/2022 7:20:35 PM PST by Tupelo (“Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up” (Barack Obama))
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To: Gay State Conservative

He’d never make in swimming. Way too damned hairy...


22 posted on 02/17/2022 7:20:40 PM PST by EEGator
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To: SharpenedEdge

DUMBASS real female swimmers for not refusing to ‘compete’ !!!


23 posted on 02/17/2022 7:21:08 PM PST by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: Fungi

24 posted on 02/17/2022 7:22:57 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Luke21

The Times used to are solidly conservative. What happened to it?


25 posted on 02/17/2022 7:23:10 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If truckers quit their jobs, society would collapse. If politicians quit their jobs...HALLELUJAH!)
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To: mfish13

Ha ha. But true.


26 posted on 02/17/2022 7:23:22 PM PST by D Rider ( )
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To: TigerClaws

We are starting to be be to told a pretend reality is real.

Um, No.


27 posted on 02/17/2022 7:23:26 PM PST by lizma2
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To: lightman

no ... we just need one category ... and the best will rise to the top ...


28 posted on 02/17/2022 7:24:40 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: RandFan

He will be the greatest women’s swimming champion ever....../s

(it’s why we started women’s sports)


29 posted on 02/17/2022 7:27:39 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: TigerClaws

One of the funnier “Weekend Updates!”


30 posted on 02/17/2022 7:29:32 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BradyLS

nope.


31 posted on 02/17/2022 7:37:48 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: RandFan

I’m a car.


32 posted on 02/17/2022 7:40:04 PM PST by nagant
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To: RandFan

There’s a famous Lincoln story where he said “assuming a tail is a leg how many legs does a dog have?”

And the answer - 4. Saying a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

Boy have we gotten dumber.


33 posted on 02/17/2022 7:43:58 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: RandFan

For some context, it’s 500 free time would pretty easily be the girls record at my high school (a very strong program); it wouldn’t crack the top 10 for boys, though it’s still a respectable time. This is a farce. It obviously threw a race to the other weirdo in the 100 free a few weeks ago. This is a decent male swimmer who is LARPing as a girl to win and get attention. He would likely get smoked if he competed against men, he has psychological problems, so he beats girls in swimming.


34 posted on 02/17/2022 7:45:29 PM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: EEGator
LMAO.

I’m rooting for this mutant.

You’re watching modern feminism unravel before your eyes.

If women want to be treated as equals of men, they can start by beating them occasionally in athletic competitions.

#WINNING.

35 posted on 02/17/2022 7:46:36 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: RandFan

Quit calling this person a she. R


36 posted on 02/17/2022 7:47:44 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Alberta's Child

I’ve said numerous times, this is the logical extension of the 19th Amendment and Feminism.
They ruined the country and my military.
Time to reap it.


37 posted on 02/17/2022 7:50:34 PM PST by EEGator
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To: RandFan

Where are the feminazis?

Should’t they be marching around with their pussy hats celebrating the great win by the girl with penis?


38 posted on 02/17/2022 7:50:42 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: SharpenedEdge

Yes, this is madness. Industrial scale voter fraud. People feel helpless and are being programed to accept insanity...


39 posted on 02/17/2022 7:56:09 PM PST by WinstonSmith1984 (The DOJ is a far left militia.)
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To: BradyLS

If he did, he wouldn’t be competing against women.


40 posted on 02/17/2022 7:57:59 PM PST by Trillian
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