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USA Swimming issues a new policy for transgender athletes in elite competition

The debate over transgender athletes' right to compete, particularly in college sports, has gained urgency with the emergence of Penn swimmer Lia Thomas.

Penn swimmer Lia Thomas fist-bumped a Harvard swimmer after finishing the 200-yard freestyle during a women’s swimming and diving meet at Harvard on Jan. 22.
Penn swimmer Lia Thomas fist-bumped a Harvard swimmer after finishing the 200-yard freestyle during a women’s swimming and diving meet at Harvard on Jan. 22.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer
    by Matt Bonesteel, Washington Post
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