Lia Thomas, who became the first transgender swimmer to win a college title in the United States, said in an interview released Tuesday that she wanted to qualify for the Olympics.
It’s been a very long time since I had a goal to get into the Olympic qualifiers, and I wanted to finish it.he said on the show Good Morning America from the ABC channel.
Her win in mid-March in the 500-yard final created controversy, her detractors believe that in competing as a man in the past, Lia Thomas enjoys an unfair physiological advantage.
Trans people don’t move for the sporthe said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.
We make our move to be fun and real and [devenir] who we really are. Making our move to gain an advantage is never something we will consider in our decisions.
Trans women do not threaten women’s sportshe insisted.
Olympic trials for the U.S. swim team for the Paris Games are scheduled to take place a few weeks before, in June 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After a transgender athlete’s first participation in the Tokyo Olympics, in weightlifting, this question is a headache for sports institutions. In November, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) passed the ball to every sport, highlighting the lack of scientific consensus on the role of testosterone in performance in all sports.
The controversy is also political in the United States. Several conservative states have recently passed laws to block the path of young transgender girls in women’s school sports.
Source: Radio-Canada
