On the podium yesterday from left: Iszac Henig (silver), Lia Thomas (gold) and Nikki Venema (bronze)
Yesterday.
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Via Swimming World:
The final night of the Ivy League Championships featured a battle of transgender athletes for the title in the 100-yard freestyle. Ultimately, it was the University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas who prevailed over Yale’s Iszac Henig, with Thomas adding to her previous victories at the meet. Princeton’s Nikki Venema was the third-place finisher
…..The showdown in the 100 freestyle marked the first clash of the meet between the transgender swimmers in an individual event
Thomas also got the best of Henig. Thomas is a first-year member of the Penn women’s team, following three years as a member of the Quakers’ men’s program. Thomas’ participation on a women’s team has generated considerable controversy, due to undergoing male puberty and now competing against biological females. Henig, meanwhile, is a third-year member of Yale’s women’s team and transitioned to male at the beginning of last year.
AP