USA Swimming official who resigned over trans swimmer Lia Thomas says athlete is 'destroying women's swimming'
Lia Thomas previously competed as a man at Penn for two full seasons, most recently in 2019
By Yael Halon | Fox News
A USA Swimming official who resigned in protest of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas told Fox News on Monday that she can't stand by and watch as girls are "thrown under the bus" by "biological" male competitors.
Cynthia Millen stepped down last week after officiating USA Swimming meets for over three decades. Her decision came days before the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Greensboro, N.C.
"The fact is that swimming is a sport in which bodies compete against bodies. Identities do not compete against identities," Millen said in an appearance on "Tucker Carlson Tonight." "Men are different from women, men swimmers are different from women, and they will always be faster than women."
In her resignation letter, Millen said that she felt University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas's record-setting dominance of collegiate women's swimming was grossly unfair, writing that she can "no longer participate in a sport that allows biological men to compete against women."
Thomas previously competed as a man at Penn for two full seasons, most recently in 2019. NCAA rules dictate that transgender players must partake in one year of testosterone suppression before they can compete as women.
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