Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has hit back at her critics and declared she ‘belongs’ on the women’s team at the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas has become one of the most dominant college athletes in the United States and, as a result of her story, the epicentre of a national sporting debate. After originally swimming against men, Thomas is now eligible to compete in the women’s NCAA tournaments - and she is spectacular.
In her first year swimming for the Penn women’s team after three seasons competing against men, Thomas crushed her competition as she set pool, school and Ivy League records en route to becoming the most powerful female collegiate swimmer in the country.
