Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines criticized ESPN for honoring William “Lia” Thomas on Sunday with a short clip about the male swimmer’s domination of female swimming competition.
“Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title,” Gaines tweeted. “He is an arrogant, cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman. The @ncaa is responsible.”
“If I was a woman working at ESPN, I would walk out. You’re spineless @espn #boycottESPN,” Gaines wrote.
Thomas previously swam against male athletes while at the University of Pennsylvania before taking hormone drugs and switching to female competition. Thomas graduated Penn in 2022.
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