“Second is the new first… She finished second place, but would have been first place if people had the courage to speak up about the injustice of a MAN competing against women.”
“The University of Virginia’s Emma Weyant was praised as the “real winner” after she came in second to biologically-male ‘transgender’ swimmer Lia Thomas in the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship 500 yard freestyle on Thursday.
“Round of applause for Emma Weyant, the UVA swimmer who placed second in the 500y freestyle tonight, behind Lia Thomas”,
Angela Morabito posted.
“Second is the new first.”
“Congratulations to Emma Weyant for being the real winner of the woman’s 500”,
Jake Shields wrote.
“This is Emma Weyant from the University of Virginia. She finished in second place to Lia Thomas in the women’s 500 Free at the NCAA national championships”,
commented American Principles.
“But she’s the true winner to all of us.”
“Here’s the name you should remember and lobby for: Emma Weyant”,
Erik Reed said.
“She’s at UVA. She finished second place, but would have been first place if people had the courage to speak up about the injustice of a MAN competing against women. Weyant’s time was a career best. #TheRealChamp.”
“In case you want to know how far gone America is, we just took an NCAA championship away from Olympic individual silver medalist Emma Weyant, a true exemplar of feminine athleticism, and awarded it to someone with a penis who was competing as a men’s swimmer last year”,
Jeremy Carl bluntly posted.
“Emma Weyant won”,
Courtney Kirchoff asserted.
“She’s the first female to finish. She didn’t finish in second place. She finished first in the women’s 500 Free.”
“Congrats to Virginia freshman Emma Weyant, the woman who would have won tonight’s NCAA title in the 500 meter if women’s sports were still sane”,
wrote Clay Travis.
“A Virginia Tech swimmer on Thursday spoke out publicly after her teammate was crushed by the “inclusion” of Thomas.
“I’ve got a teammate who did not make the final today because she was just bumped out of finals”,
the collegiate swimmer told ‘Rapid Fire’s Savanah Hernandez.
“It’s heartbreaking to see someone who went through puberty as a male and has the body of a male be able to absolutely blow away the competition.
“She was very emotional, and it’s hard to see because it’s her last NCAAs; she really loves that race, and it was just heartbreaking that she put all of her efforts into it today … one of the best times that’s she went in a morning session and still not make it back”,
she described.
“It’s hard to see someone who works every day and every night still not be able to compete against someone like that.”
–‘Emma Weyant Praised As ‘Real Winner’ After Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Takes First’,
Amanda Prestigiacomo, DailyWire, Mar. 18, 2022
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VIDEO: ‘Mom Speaks Out In Explosive Video Over Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas: ‘A Full-Grown Male’ ‘Taking’ From Women’
‘Virginia Tech Swimmer Speaks Out Against Lia Thomas Swimming In Women’s Event, Says Teammate Brought To Tears’
https://twitter.com/i/status/1504577845494005767
‘When Will Women Take Their Lives Back??’
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=702340614112971
FEATURE Image: This Photo Should End the Transgender-Athlete Debate (Lia Thomas) (GettyImages)
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“Florida rejects the NCAA’s efforts to destroy women’s athletics, disapproves of the NCAA elevating ideology over biology and takes offense at the NCAA trying to make others complicit in a lie.”
“The state of Florida is recognizing a woman who came in second place to Lia Thomas as the real winner of the competition. On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a declaration recognizing Sarasota, Florida, resident Emma Weyant as the true champion of the NCAA 500-yard freestyle swimming event she competed in…
“Gov. DeSantis touted his signature of legislation that protects women’s sports from transgender interference. Florida’s law, enacted in June, bars biological men from competing in women’s sports entirely.
“The NCAA has threatened to strip sporting events from Florida in response to the law, demanding that women’s competitions be opened to transgender athletes.
“In his proclamation, DeSantis rejected the premise of transgender participation in women’s sports.
“Florida rejects the NCAA’s efforts to destroy women’s athletics, disapproves of the NCAA elevating ideology over biology and takes offense at the NCAA trying to make others complicit in a lie.”
–‘The Real Champion: DeSantis Recognizes Swimmer Who Lost to Lia Thomas as True Winner’,
Richard Moorhead, The Western Journal, March 22, 2022
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“Reka Gyorgy belonged in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle at last week’s NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships in Atlanta — but the NCAA refused to exercise the slightest bit of common sense when it came to male University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.
“Now, Gyorgy is blasting the collegiate sports organization for its lack of oversight. In a letter posted on ‘Instagram’, Gyorgy — a native of Hungary who is a fifth-year senior at Virginia Tech and a 2016 Olympian — slammed “the NCAA rules that allow [Thomas] to compete against us, who are biologically women” and said she hoped “that the NCAA will open their eyes and change these rules in the future”.
“Gyorgy is one of the first active women’s NCAA swimmers to openly speak up against Thomas, despite reports that even his teammates are unimpressed with his dominance. Yet, these reports rarely make it into the mainstream media outlets, which pretend the only people actively speaking out against Thomas are wild-eyed, hidebound ‘transphobes’.
“In the letter, Gyorgy — who noted she was “a 2016 Rio Olympian, represented Virginia Tech for the past 5 years, a 2 time ACC champion, 2 time All-American and 3 time honorable mention All-American” — wrote that the standards set for Thomas were unfair…
“I’m writing this letter right now in hopes that the NCAA will open their eyes and change these rules in the future. It doesn’t promote our sport in a good way and I think it is disrespectful against the biologically female swimmers who are competing in the NCAA.”
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“This is my last college meet ever and I feel frustrated. It feels like that final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA’s decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete.”
“According to results from ‘Swimming World’, Thomas led the preliminary rounds by posting a 4:33.82 time, almost 3 seconds ahead of the next competitor. In fact, the margin of victory between Thomas and second-place Erica Sullivan of the University of Texas was actually slightly wider than the margin between Sullivan and 11th-place Julia Mrozinski of the University of Tennessee…
“Thursday was not a specific athlete’s fault. It is the result of the NCAA and their lack of interest in protecting their athletes. I ask that the NCAA takes time to think about all the other biological women in swimming, try to think how they would feel if they would be in our shoes”,
she said.
“Make the right changes for our sport and for a better future in swimming.”
“When Thomas won the championship, ‘National Review’s Madeleine Kearns wrote that
“[t]he cheers and applause were noticeably louder for the second- and third-place finishers…”
“It’s heartening to see sports fans finding ways to quietly acknowledge what a farce this is, but the keyword here is “quietly”. Swimmers and parents alike have had it drummed into them: To openly declare the truth — that Lia Thomas is a man whose confusion about his gender has been embraced by the NCAA — is to subject themselves to lifelong consequences…
“The emperor has no clothes and the women’s swimming champion has no second X chromosome. The sooner people feel comfortable saying it, the sooner fairness will be restored to women’s sports.”
–‘Female Swimmer Who Lost to Trans ‘Woman’ Rejects Losses, Blasts NCAA in 2-Page Public Letter’,
C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal, March 21, 2022
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See also:
‘The End of Women’s Sports?’ (Transgender/Cycling) {October 14, 2018}:
“Cheating guy wins women’s competition…”
https://bloginsidesports.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/the-end-of-womens-sports/
‘Just Not Fair: Update’ (Transgender//Weightlifting) {November 27, 2017}:
“Australia’s weightlifting chief says New Zealand’s selection of ‘transgender’ athlete Laurel Hubbard will create an uneven playing field at next year’s ‘Commonwealth Games’… The 39-year-old was a national junior record-holder in the male 105kg class before ‘transitioning’ in his mid-30s.”
https://bloginsidesports.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/just-not-fair-update/
‘A Man Is Still a Man: Political Correctness Meets Biological Reality’
(MMA/Transgender) {Aug. 6, 2017}:
“I’ve never felt so overpowered, ever, in my life. Nothing can take away from the fact that you are physically a man. Mentally and emotionally, who knows — but physically, he’s a man.”
https://insidesportssite.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/a-man-is-still-a-man/
‘Just Not Fair’ (Transgender/Australia/Weightlifting) {June 23, 2017}:
“Hubbard, 39, began ‘transitioning’ in his 30s. Before that, he competed in weightlifting events as Gavin Hubbard. Despite the controversy, Olympic rules state Hubbard is within his right to compete {as a woman}.”
https://bloginsidesports.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/just-not-fair/
‘Undermining Fair Competition’ (Transgender/Wrestling) {April 11, 2017}:
“Beggs, who is ‘transitioning’ from female to male — but competing as a girl because of a University Interscholastic League rule — won gold….”
https://insidesportssite.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/undermining-fair-competition/
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