Caitlyn Jenner: Unfair for trans swimmer Lia Thomas to race women - INSIDER

Caitlyn Jenner said it is unfair for transgender women to compete in women's sports.
She spoke specifically about college athlete Lia Thomas.
Jenner is herself a former athlete, and won an Olympic gold before she transitioned.

Caitlyn Jenner, who won a gold Olympic medal before she transitioned, said is unfair for transgender athlete Lia Thomas to compete in women's sport.

Jenner told Fox News: "We need to protect women's sports."

She said of Lia Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania athlete: "I respect her decision to live her life authentically. 100%."

"But that also comes with responsibility and some integrity. I don't know why she's doing this"

—Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) January 20, 2022

Jenner said that Thomas competing in women's sports is also "not good for the trans community" because it distracted from other issues like its high rate of suicide.

"It's also not good for women's sports. It's unfortunate that this is happening."

Jenner said that Thomas had certain biological advantages that meant she could swim faster.

"All of this woke world that we're living in right now is not working. I feel sorry for the other athletes that are out there," Jenner said.

Thomas' success has drawn widespread commentary.

Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps on January 13 suggested that Thomas' presence in women's sports wasn't fair, likening it to the unfair advantages conferred by doping.

Earlier this month Thomas competed in an Ivy League swim meet which saw her race a trans man, Iszac Henig, who has not begun a hormonal transition.

Henig beat Thomas. As Insider's Meredith Cash wrote, Henig's victory despite having no perceived biological edge over Thomas upended some common talking points about trans people in sports.

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