Florida Gov. DeSantis issues an official proclamation declaring a Florida resident the “rightful winner” of an NCAA women’s swimming championship race over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an official proclamation Tuesday declaring a Florida resident the “rightful winner” of an NCAA women’s swimming championship race over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
DeSantis said he would"reject these lies and recognize" University of Virginia swimmer and Florida resident Emma Weyant, who came in second place, as the winner. At last week's NCAA championship, Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 33.24 seconds, less than two seconds faster than Weyant's time of 4:34.99.
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