Swimmer Who Raced Lia Thomas Says UPenn Team Members Thanked Her for Speaking Out | Yahoo! News

Swimmer Who Raced Lia Thomas Says UPenn Team Members Thanked Her for Speaking Out | Yahoo! News

A female University of Kentucky swimmer who competed against transgender athleteย Lia Thomasโ€™s participation in womenโ€™s swimmingย said Wednesday that many University of Pennsylvania team members expressed their gratitude for her advocacy for fairness in womenโ€™s sports.

โ€œI actually had a ton of Lia Thomasโ€™ teammates reach out to me personally, and thank me for what Iโ€™m doing because this is something they deal with every single day,โ€ Riley Gaines said, alongside Senator Rand Paul, during anย appearanceย on Fox and Friends. โ€œBut of course, theyโ€™re intimidated, theyโ€™re threatened, theyโ€™re emotionally blackmailed.โ€

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