The trapezoidal swimmer, Lia Thomas, will not use her possibilities as a athlete at the 2028 Olympic Games in Paris.
Thomas, the biological man who competed in the 2022 National Women’s Team Championship as a swimmer for the National Women’s Team, has officially lost a legal dispute against the World Water Sports Association. Thomas argued that his participation in competitions against women was “invalid and illegal.”
The 25 -year -old was expelled from female swimming in the summer of 2022 after the organization of sports umbrella prohibited an athlete who had completed “part of male puberty.”
World Aquatics cited the decision of the court to maintain the rule that kept Thomas away from the women’s pool and described it “an important step in our efforts to protect the sport of women.”
“World Aquatics undertakes to foster an environment that fosters equality, respect and equal opportunities for athletes of all genres, and we maintain this promise,” the organization toldThe guardian .
It is noteworthy that the World Cup has no longer excluded other agricultural athletes from the competition. The organization has introduced a new category for net swimmers. This new category was presented for the first time in the World Cup last year in Berlin, but did not receive a single starting point.
Lia Thomas is next to Outkick Gaipes Riley after losing an NCAA title against biological women.
Thomas, who in the best case was an average swimmer in Mexican competition, is now also a member of the USA Swimming, who made the court’s decision against a change of policy in his favor.
“The article concludes that an athlete, if it is not entitled to” elite competitions “under the swimming patterns of the United States, can participate in a WA competition, which is carried out by WA registration before a competition or justified, which is not justified, which is not justified for the competition.
“The political and operational requirements are simply not triggered by their current state.”
The US Olympic qualifier. UU. It begins on June 15 in Athens and will be held for the first time in a football field at Lucas Oil Stadium.
In 2022, when ESPN and BC Thomas had a guest during the month of the history of women, Thomas sat down with “Good Morning America” and made it clear that the 2028 Olympic Games were on the agenda.
“It has been my goal for a long time to swim in Olympic classification competitions, and I would like to try it,” Thomas said.
Fortunately, the common denominator prevailed and women have the opportunity to compete as a female swimming team and represent the United States in Paris.
