Natalie Dowzicky makes the case against allowing Lia Thomas to compete with other women in NCAA swimming.
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Swim Clubs Stunned by News of Olympic Swim Trial Move | KETV NewsWatch 7
‘It’s a big let down’: Swim clubs stunned by likely loss of Olympic swim trials in Omaha
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Why Don’t More People Have Swimming Pools? | Swimming Pool Steve
From https://www.swimmingpoolsteve.com/pag… – The first and most obvious reason that more people do not own swimming pools is simply because they are so expensive. Owning or installing a swimming pool is a massive luxury that most people simply cannot afford to have. It is also worth noting that you would have to have not just your own home but also a property with that home that is large enough to have a swimming pool. Again this is just not something that everyone can afford.
In addition to the obvious cost concerns, there is also the question of safety. There are a lot of people, especially people with small children in the home, who would simply just not consider to own a swimming pool for safety reasons. Even though there are safety mechanisms in place such as self-closing gates, door and window alarms, and even automatic swimming pool covers this is still not enough to satisfy the safety requirement for some people. Another common reason why people do not get swimming pools is simply because there is so much commitment involved. When you own or install a swimming pool that means you are married to it. Year after year you will need to maintain it whether you are using it or not. This represents both a time and a money commitment. In total owning a swimming pool can be fantastic but realistically it is just not something that everyone can afford or wants to have.
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Trans Debate: talkRADIO Presenters and Guests Define the Term Woman
Over the last week, talkRADIO’s Julia Hartley-Brewer and fellow presenters have been asking politicians and commentators their thoughts on the Trans debate at PMQs as well as the controversy surrounding Lia Thomas who became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship.
Boris Johnson has spoken on the trans debate at PMQs and said: “When it comes to distinguishing between a man and a woman, the basic facts of biology remain overwhelmingly important.”
Julia Hartley-Brewer challenged the Chancellor to define what a woman is?
Rishi Sunak: “The PM answered this perfectly, I agree with him.”
Trans activist Debbie Hayton says trans swimmer Lia Thomas “should not be competing with women.”
That victory has sparked an outcry from Thomas’s rivals and escalated the conversation around the future risks to the female category in sport, with World Athletics president Sebastian Coe concerned that women’s sport is in a ‘very fragile’ place.
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Potential ‘Future Olympians’ Compete at Indian River State College | WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast
The 2022 Florida Gold Coast vs. Florida Swimming All-Star Dual meet took over Indian River State College on Saturday.
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Making Waves: The Debate Over Trans Athletes | CBS Sunday Morning
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, has smashed Ivy League records in the pool since switching from the men’s team to the women’s. Her winning streak has reignited a fierce debate: do trans women have an unfair biological advantage in sports? And are competitive fairness and trans inclusivity mutually exclusive? With 22 states recently introducing bills that would ban trans women and girls from sports, correspondent Lee Cowan talks to advocates and experts on both sides of this contentious issue.
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29 People Taken to Hospital After Chlorine Gas Released at London’s Olympic Park | The Guardian
Twenty-nine people were taken to hospital after a high quantity of chlorine gas was released in an accident on Wednesday at the aquatics centre at London’s Olympic park.
Some of the injured included swimmers in a parent and toddler group who were in the children’s pool at the time of the incident, which was first reported by the centre just after 11am.
About 200 people were evacuated from the centre during the incident, firefighters said. At least nine construction workers on a neighbouring site were also treated at the scene.
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Sharron Davies: I Find It So Sad We Throw Women Under the Bus Over the Toxic Trans Athlete Debate | GBNews
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Olympic Swimmer Weighs in on Debate Over Transgender Athletes | First Coast News