NCAA swimming championship 2022: Lia Thomas is national champion in 500-yard freestyle
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Thomas is the first transgender athlete to win a Division I collegiate national championship.
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Penn's Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAA swimming championship
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Swimming's new transgender policy could impact other sports
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Lia Thomas finishes 8th in 100-yard freestyle, final race of collegiate swimming career - ESPN
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Lia Thomas is NCAA's first Transgender D-1 National Champion
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas finishes 5th in NCAA women's 200-yard freestyle final
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Swimmer Lia Thomas Becomes First Trans Athlete to Win D-I Championship
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Ex-NCAA swimmer still upset over Lia Thomas making it to 500 finals in 2022 championships
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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas prepares to swim the women's 500-yard freestyle final at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas, who won, is the first known transgender woman to win an
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Lia Thomas becomes first openly trans athlete to win NCAA swimming title
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2022 NCAA Division I Women's Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap
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Lia Thomas Wins: Tears and Tension as the NCAA Award a Women's Championship to a Male Swimmer
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Lia Thomas broke no records at the NCAA championships but left plenty of questions - The Washington Post
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Thomas Wins 500 Freestyle at NCAA Championships - University of Pennsylvania Athletics
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Lia Thomas: NCAA Inaction Led Swimming Championships To Be a Circus
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NCAA swimming championship 2022: Lia Thomas ties for fifth in 500-yard freestyle