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  • Worldโ€™s Longest Car, With a Swimming Pool and Mini-Golf Course Inside, Rolls Into Orlando | 10 Tampa Bay

    Mar 23, 2022

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    After years of refurbishment, the world’s longest car is once again ready to roll.

    “The American Dream,” a super limo measuring 100-feet long, now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest car in the world. As for the car it beat? Itself.

    According to Guinness World Records, on March 1, 2022, the massive car broke its own 1986 record title by a “small fraction” when it expanded from 60-feet to its current size.

  • Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Crowned NCAA Champion, Victory Sparks Controversy | SportsMax Zone

    Mar 23, 2022

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    The Zone invites resident track and field expert Leighton Levy to review the World Athletics Indoor Champs competition.

    Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas crowned NCAA Champion, victory sparks controversy | SportsMax Zone
  • Lia Thomas & the Matter of Trans Athletes | Balancing Sporting Fairness vs Inclusivity | Ross Tucker | Off The Ball

    Mar 23, 2022

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    Sports scientist Ross Tucker joined Joe Molloy to discuss the question of trans athletes after swimmer Lia Thomas won the NCAA swimming title.

    Lia Thomas & the matter of trans athletes | Balancing sporting fairness vs inclusivity | ROSS TUCKER
  • Max Chen and the Opportunities Swimming has Given Him | NCAA

    Mar 23, 2022

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    John Hopkins swimmer Max Chen shares how swimming has helped build relationships with his teammates and help him in the classroom.

    Max Chen and the Opportunities Swimming has Given Him
  • Is It Safe and Clean to Swim in the Potomac River? | WUSA9

    Mar 23, 2022

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    Advocates are trying to remove the ban on swimming in the Potomac.

  • Gov. DeSantis Declares Sarasota Swimmer Winner Over Transgender Athlete | ABC Action News๏ฟผ

    Mar 22, 2022

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    Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation Tuesday declaring swimmer Emma Weyant the winner of the 500-yard freestyle race at the Division 1 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships over transgender athlete Lia Thomas.

    Gov. DeSantis declares Sarasota swimmer winner over transgender athlete
    Gov. DeSantis declares Sarasota swimmer winner over transgender athlete
    Ron DeSantis Declares Florida Swimmer Winner Over Lia Thomas
    Gov. DeSantis to sign proclamation for NCAA swimmer Emma Weyant
  • Julia Hartley-Brewer Slams Trans Swimmer Lia Thomasโ€™s Win of the US National Womenโ€™s Race | talkRADIO

    Mar 22, 2022

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    Trans swimmer Lia Thomas’s win of a US national women’s race has prompted outrage.

    Fair Play for Women’s Fiona McAnena says “This is damaging sport all the way through.”

    She suggests having a “women only” category and making the men’s category “open to all.”

  • Was It Fair for Lia Thomas to Swim in NCAA Championships? | Dan Abrams Live

    Mar 22, 2022

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    Karleigh Webb, an OutSports contributor, says the criticisms of Lia Thomas are unfair and she deserved to compete against women at the NCAA championships last weekend.

  • Martina Navratilova Says Lia Thomas Shouldnโ€™t Swim Against Women | NewsNation Prime

    Mar 22, 2022

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    The day before University of Pennsylvaniaโ€™s transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, 22, is set to compete in the NCAA womenโ€™s swimming and diving championships, tennis star Martina Navratilova said the rules allowing her to compete need to change.

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