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Swimmer Riley Gaines rebuttals ESPN for Lia Thomas' Women's History Month segment

Randy Mancini 16 Mar 27
Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, finishes the 200 yard Freestyle for the University of Pennsylvania at an Ivy League swim meet against Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 22, 2022. - Thomas placed first in the event. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, finishes the 200 yard Freestyle for the University of Pennsylvania at an Ivy League swim meet against Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 22, 2022. – Thomas placed first in the event. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Geraldyn Berry
UPDATED 4:22 PM – Monday, March 27, 2023

The inclusion of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in ESPN’s Women’s History Month program has been criticized by a former national champion college swimmer, who called the network “spineless.”

Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. 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 https://t.co/DF3n5RWsmV