Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Life is unfair Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:05:20 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: <20240613170520.000079e6@example.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:05:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="423ed185bd370e906e91ab5629f628b8"; logging-data="2531467"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+SgyVEFtACwVjbcpveVfoGoj0nRdaCgJo=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:iyIj194B8kUKBy4nswg1aT6NiJc= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240613-16, 6/13/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 1794 On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:58:48 -0000 (UTC) "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > In 2022, the international swimming federation created rules aimed at > Lia Thomas and other men like him from competing as woman. A male > athlete who had been through puberty cannot compete as a woman. Also, > an open category was established, but Lia Thomas didn't enter there. > > Thomas appealed his ineligibility to the Court of Arbitration for > Sport hoping to get them to remove the ban, but the claim was > dismissed the appeal for lack of standing to challenge the rules. > > Lia Thomas is banned from entering trials and will not compete in the > Olympics. Could he compete as a man if he wanted to? -- Rhino