However, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas ... her to transition and begin hormone replacement therapy in May 2019, following her sophomore year. Before the start of Thomas’s ...

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who made headlines ... Follow our sports newsletter for daily updates Thomas placed fifth in the 200 freestyle and eighth in the 100 freestyle at the championships ...

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas said trans women are ... Speaking to ABC’s Juju Chang, Thomas said: “Trans people don’t transition for athletics. We transition to be happy and authentic ...

MORE: Lia Thomas finishes 8th in 100-yard freestyle, final race of collegiate swimming career Speaking of her own experience of waiting longer to transition because she wanted to compete in ...

Ms Thomas began swimming at the age of five, and came out to her family in summer 2018. She began to use her new name Lia Catherine ... 5.6 per cent slower than before transition, while her ...

U.S. swimmer Lia Thomas, who became the first transgender ... its rules that only transgender athletes who have made the transition before puberty could compete in women's events, which in ...

Former Penn swimmer Lia Thomas, the focus of a media ... allows me to put my all into training and racing," Thomas said. "Trans people don't transition for athletics. We transition to be happy ...

Depending on who you ask, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas ... their transition before age 12 in order to be able to swim in the women's division. And since Thomas was already ...