former officials, and from parents of swimmers and swimmers. the fact is that swimming is a sport in which bodies compete against bodies. identities do not compete against identities. from the very beginning, swimmers are divided by sex and age group. eight and under, 9, 10, all the way up because from the very beginning swimming, usa swimming recognizes that boys swim differently from girls. this is just accentuated when boys and girls go through puberty. boys will always have larger lung capacity, larger hearts, greater circulation, a bigger skeleton, and less fat. girls go through. he and they have a double whammy. they not only grow, but they get periods and often have a totally different center of gravity. they have to learn how to swim over again. while leah thomas as a child of god, he is a biological male who
lawrence: swimmers penning a letter to school and ivy league officials saying their transgender teammate if, lia thomas, holds an unfair advantage over them. lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women s category as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from number 462 as a male to number 1 as a female. cynthia is a former usa swimming official, and she joins us now. cynthia, it seems to me that this is just a clear case of unfairness. if so why isn t there more outrage on this issue? well, people like to point out that lia is following ncaa rules. the rule, however, is an 11-year-old rule based on a 2006 sociology study that said that he would basically have no advantage, and we all know that
competitive advantage. but also evidence their testosterone levels are below a certain threshold continues to sleep for at least 36 months. this follows new ncaa guidelines that allows sports a national governing body to set its own rules when it comes to transgender athlete participation. even with this though, former usa swimming official said this a policy does not level the playing field. it is clearly unfair because testosterone has nothing to do with the advantage that alia has. she s a bigger person, has more lung capacity, bigger heart more fast muscles but basically has all the legacy attributes any mail athletes would bring to the table. the new policy is winning some praise with a limit gold medalist who says it s quote outstanding for a biological woman but right now it s unclear if thomas was qualified for multiple event
news digital the swimmers were told not to speak out to the media after they expressed concerns about competing against a large athlete like thomas but if this is usa swimming emphasized fairness versus gender females and policy to require transgender athletes to not only provide evidence their prior development as a male doesn t give them competitive advantage but also evident testosterone levels are below a threshold continuously for at least 36 months. thirty-six months. this follows new guidelines that allow sports national governing body to set their own rules when it comes to transgender athletes participation. the former usa swimming official says policy does not level the playing field. it s clearly unfair, testosterone has nothing to do with the advantage leah has.
media after expressing concerns about competing against a large athlete like thomas. olympic gold medalist caitlyn jenner weighed in on this. i respect lia right to live her life authentically but i hope she is happy lives a great life. but, when it comes to fairness i have been very strong right from the beginning biological boys should not compete against women. and so this comes after usa swimming emphasized awareness for females and its new policy which would require transgender athletes to not only provide evidence that their prior development as a mail does not give them a competitive advantage permit also evidence that testosterone levels are below a certain threshold continuously for at least 36 months. this follows new ncaa guidelines that allow sports national governing body to set its own rules when it comes to transgender athlete participation. the change could keep thomas