Penn’s transgender swimmer breaks US records

Published December 7, 2021 5:14pm ET



A transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania continued to outperform the competition over the weekend, breaking two U.S. records.

Lia Thomas, a 22-year-old biological man who identifies as a woman, commanded the pool Sunday at the Zippy Invitational event in Akron, Ohio, winning the 1,650-yard freestyle race 38 seconds faster than teammate Anna Kalandadze, according to a report.

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