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The University of Pennsylvania took Swift Action on Tuesday, to follow the resolution agreement for civil rights for the US Education Department after an investigation that UpenNN violated the title IX during the 2021-22 season due to the inclusion of Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas.
As part of the resolution, UPENN agreed to restore individual titles and records to women athletes, which “was allowed by male athletes to incorrectly compete in female categories.”
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However, while the university website was updated to remove Thomas’s name from a trio of the previous swimmer records during that season, the website still accepted Thomas’s record with a note about the NCAA eligibility rules at that time.
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“Note: Competition under eligibility rules at that time, Lia Thomas set the record of the program in 100, 200 and 500 freestyle during the 2021-22 season,” read anotation.
Thomas NCAA Division became the first open transgender athlete to win the title. During the competition, Thomas set several individual programs records, including the 500 freestyle race, resulting in the national title.
According to his website, the record of Anna Kalandaze was set for 500 free in 2024 in 37.21, restored as a new record. Kayla Fu, a new person from UPEN, set a record of 2025 for 100 free as a new record.
Transgender athlete Lia Thomas witnessed after winning the 500 yard freestyle of women during the women’s swimming and diving championships at the Macauli Aquatic Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on March 17, 2022 at the Macauli Aquatic Center in the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Image)
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Additionally, the former was the former swimmer Virginia Burns, who set 200 free records in 2017 with a time of 1: 45.51, restored her record as the top time.
The Education Department first launched an investigation in UPEN on 6 February. The Trump administration later fiercely fiercely a $ 175 million in funding for the school to fail to follow an executive order. Then, on 28 April, the office of civil rights of the Education Department announced its investigation that UPENN violated the title IX in handling the Thomas situation.
As a result of this week’s resolution agreement, UPENN agreed to restore the records and issue an apology from women athletes affected by those violations.
Lia Thomas of Pennsylvania competed on Saturday, 19 February 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts for teammates in the 1650-yard freestyle final for teammates. (AP Photo/Mary Shwam)
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Chairman of Penn J. Larry Jameson said in a statement issued by the university on Tuesday, “During the swimming season of 2021-2022, the policies of the pen were at the time according to the NCAA eligibility rules, we admit that some students-athletes were denied these rules.”
“We recognize it and apologize to those who experienced competitive loss or experience due to the policies of that time.”
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