In a shocking announcement, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) blocked a challenge from transgender swimmer Lia Thomas making it so that Thomas cannot compete in the women’s category in the Olympics or any other elite swimming competition.
Thomas dominated the Women’s Division of the NCAA Championships back in 2022, when he won a Division 1 title. Since then, critics, rightfully so, have called out the unfairness and lack of safety of having to compete against and with a biological man.
World Aquatics is the Swiss-based world governing body for all aquatic competitions. The group noted that, due to the fact that Thomas has gone through male puberty, he isn’t allowed to compete in the women’s category.
Thomas didn’t like that, obviously, and filed a lawsuit against World Aquatics claiming that it is “invalid and unlawful” to ban him from…
