Lia Thomas
Swimming Records To Be Stripped
After UPenn Strikes Deal With Government
Published
Lia Thomas will be wiped from the University of Pennsylvania record books … with the school agreeing to remove any trace of the transgender swimmer’s success as part of a deal with the government.
The Department of Education announced the development on Tuesday … saying the university entered into a resolution agreement to comply with Title IX after an investigation determined it broke the law by “allowing a male to compete in female athletic programs and occupy female-only intimate facilities.”
As part of the agreement, UPenn will adhere to President Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” and “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism” executive orders … and will implement biology-based definitions for the words “male” and “female.”
The school will also release a public statement on the matter … and send a personalized apology to all impacted female swimmers who interacted with Thomas.
Thomas — who won an NCAA championship in 2022 — held the UPenn record in the 100-yard, 200-yard 500-yard freestyle events.
One of Thomas’ opponents — former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines — released a statement on the matter … saying, “From day one, President Trump and Secretary [Linda] McMahon vowed to protect women and girls, and today’s agreement with UPenn is a historic display of that promise being fulfilled.”
“This Administration does not just pay lip service to women’s equality: it vigorously insists on that equality being upheld.”
If UPenn did not comply, it risked losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding … and its athletic programs could have faced sanctions.
