Skip to main content
Tags: transgender | swimmer | coach

Transgender Swimmer Controversy Puts 'Integrity of Women's Sports' at Stake

(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 24 December 2021 07:29 AM EST

The controversy surrounding a transgender swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team has enveloped the school’s head swimming and diving coach, Mike Schnur, but Schnur is “getting a bum rap” as athlete Lia Thomas dominates the competition and re-writes the women’s record books, according to a source familiar with the Penn swim program.

Thomas swam for the university’s men’s team — and ranked in the second-team All-Ivy League in 2018-19 — before taking a year off to transition. Since then, Thomas has smashed record after record, and, in response, a growing number of biological female athletes and their parents have lodged complaints.

© 2024 Newsmax. All rights reserved.


platinum
The controversy surrounding a transgender swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania women's team has enveloped the school's head swimming and diving coach, Mike Schnur, but Schnur is "getting a bum rap" as athlete Lia Thomas dominates the competition and re-writes the...
transgender, swimmer, coach
860
2021-29-24
Friday, 24 December 2021 07:29 AM
Newsmax Media, Inc.
More Platinum Articles
Join the Newsmax Community
Read and Post Comments
Please review Community Guidelines before posting a comment.
 
TOP

Interest-Based Advertising | Do not sell or share my personal information

Newsmax, Moneynews, Newsmax Health, and Independent. American. are registered trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Newsmax TV, and Newsmax World are trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc.

NEWSMAX.COM
America's News Page
© Newsmax Media, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Download the Newsmax App
NEWSMAX.COM
America's News Page
© Newsmax Media, Inc.
All Rights Reserved