A former Olympic swimmer and college athlete claims that she lost her spot in the NCAA finals because transgender female swimmer Lia Thomas beat her in a 500-meter free swim.
Reka Gyorgy, a former Olympic swimmer for Hungary at the 2016 Rio Olympics and student at Virginia Tech, placed 17th in the March 17 Division I swim meet. Now, Gyorgy says that Thomas took her final chance to compete in a college meet."It feels like that final spot was taken away from me because the NCAA decided to let someone who is not a biological female compete," Gyorgy said in a statement.
Gyorgy notes that she"respect[s] and fully stand[s] with Lia Thomas" and believes that Thomas"is no different than me or any other D1 swimmer who has woken up at 5 AM her entire life for morning practice." She notes that Thomas has been equally as competitive and likely put as much effort into her work as anyone else there at the event. However, she still took issue with the NCAA's decision to allow Thomas to compete in a women's sporting event.
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