Trans swimmer Lia Thomas, 24, has mounted a secret legal action in a bidt to overturn a ban on biological males competing alongside women – and hopes to take part in the Paris Olympic trials.

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FILE - Swimmers including Penn's Lia Thomas, lane 4, dive into the water at the start of a qualifying heat of the 200 yard freestyle at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at ...

Former UPenn swimmer shared her account of locker room experiences with Lia Thomas and welcomed UPenn adopting biological definitions for women's sports.

Female University of Pennsylvania teammates of trans swimmer Lia Thomas are hailing the school’s move to ban biological men from competing on women’s teams. The female Ivy League swimmers were ...

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By New Year's Day 2020, Thomas was going by the name "Lia." As COVID-19 shut down the season for Ivy League teams in 2020, she started to race in the women’s field by the 2021-22 season.

Thomas is not on the preliminary entry list for the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, which begin this weekend in Indianapolis ahead of the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics next month.

Lia Thomas took the blocks on March 17, 2022, with seven cisgender women at McAuley Aquatic Center at Georgia Tech for an NCAA final in the 500-yard freestyle. Three U.S. Olympians who performed ...

Lia Thomas is a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer who drew harsh criticism for her success as the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I championship in 2022, the year she ...

University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won the women’s 500-yard freestyle at the Ivy League Championships Thursday — setting a new pool record. Thomas, who transitioned from ...

Lia Thomas won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in Mar. 2022 and has been a part of the controversy surrounding transgender women in sports. Find out five things about her here.