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Flat White

Is it too late to save women's sport?

28 February 2022

2:00 PM

28 February 2022

2:00 PM

There’s a change in the air.

Last week, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ ‘wins’ and ‘records’ at the Ivy League Women’s Championships were met with anger and frustration. One feels for Thomas – a biological male – who had simply followed the absurd rules as set, but after dominating female competitors and catapulting from #462 in men’s swimming to #1 in the female ranks, the gross injustice was impossible to ignore.

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