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Short #8: To Riley's Disbelief–No One Stood Up for Her and Her Fellow Female Swimmers

Written by Alison Centofante | Aug 21, 2024 7:55:03 PM
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According to Riley Gaines, everyone (including coaches, other female competitors, and a few sportswriters) believed that, with the situation having been revealed, Will Thomas (a man with mediocre swimming ability and competing with women) would surely be stopped by the NCAA. Well, to Riley’s disbelief, the NCAA saw absolutely nothing wrong with Thomas’s participation, actually calling it “non-negotiable.” Worse still, Riley describes what it was like for all the ladies to be forced to undress in the locker room at the national championships in the presence of “a fully intact, 6’4” man.” There is more to come in the next video in this series.