smile, but can only hold it up for so long. you see a little bit of sadness, maybe that they would be first. will, pete, rachel, sending it back down to you in daytona. rachel: thank you, carley. will: no, maybe they would be first. they would be winning these races but for a male who chose to swim in a female competition. to put it into context how big affairs it is before we move on, i did a segment yesterday, i don t know if you guys were listening. i heard it. will: the fact the second swimmer silver medalist, female transitioning to male, self-identify as a male, blows the entire farce apart. if you re allowed to compete with whatever category you identify, why is that swimmer swimming against females? pete: good question. will: that swimmer identifies as a male. there is no answer there is no such thing as a female competition anymore. it s over. rachel: i say this as a woman, i say this as a mom, those two
of the world swimming coaches association calls it unbelievable, disturbing, wants an investigation into the chinese saying they could be using genetic manipulation, joey? she is a freak of nature. listen, there are a couple of things that concern me about this, megyn. the first are the facts. the second is the history. let s start with with the facts first. when you have a swimmer swimming five seconds better than her personal best, that beats the second place winner by three seconds, that outpaces the male winner, mr. lochte, by you know, i mean, in the last 50 meters of the race, it calls into question whether or not that is simply training. and i just want to be clear, in the event she is indeed won this on her own and merits i want to take nothing away but raises some skepticism. you match that, megyn with the history here. you look at 1994 in rome and issue that was had subsequently with the seven chinese swimmers there who were later found to be doping. you look at 1998 in per
a lot of people wouldn t imagine getting out there and swimming in that stuff. but we re following a different swimmer swimming in a different spot and swimming for 24 hours straight. i can t swim a few laps in an olympic size pool. this lady swimming 24 hours straight. it seems like this could be impossible. impossible. this summer, she is doing it right now off the coast, off the florida coast. wait until you hear her age. it just adds to how amazing this story is. a live report from the site of her marathon swim after the break. a few years ago i got a wake up call.