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NCAA: Lia Thomas has lost all her medals, Riley Gaines will get them all thanks to outside forces…see more
NCAA: Lia Thomas has lost all her medals, Riley Gaines will get them all thanks to outside forces…see more
College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies
Updated 6:53 PM WAT, March 15, 2024
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ATLANTA (AP) — Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, details the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt when they learned they would have to share a locker room with Thomas at the championships in Atlanta. It documents a number of races they swam in with Thomas, including the 200-yard final in which Thomas and Gaines tied for fifth but Thomas, not Gaines, was handed the fifth-place trophy.