MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND RESPONSES TO COMMON ARGUMENTS: These are Lia’s US national rankings in 20 taken directly from USA Swimming Lia was absolutely a standout athlete prior to transitioning. She was also ranked 38th in the 1650-yd Freestyle in 2019. Lia was ranked 12th in the 1000-yd Freestyle in 2018 and 12th in the same event in 2019. It is far from abnormal or unlikely for an athlete to go from being ranked 11th to 1st in the span of a few years. Her highest ranking before transitioning was 11th. Lia was absolutely a standout athlete when she was competing on the men’s team before she transitioned.
Lastly, and most importantly: saying Lia was not a standout athlete prior is an outright lie intended to deceive you. For any non-athletes or non-swimmers: this means that the 462nd ranking swim was a throw-away practice time that Nancy is comparing to a rested, suited in-season invite.
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Second, even if it is a real ranking, it is could only be based on a practice time at an in-season dual meet because Lia never rested for the 200 free before transition. There are a few things wrong with this: First, and most simply, neither I nor my teammates could find this 462nd ranking anywhere, so I’m not sure where it is from. They are using this as “evidence” that Lia was not a standout athlete before and now is. A few powerful, well-known people (beginning with Nancy Hogshead Makar) have contrasted a supposed ranking of 462nd in the 200 freestyle from competing on the men’s team with a 1st-place ranking on the women’s team. Many people are using this as “proof” that Lia maintains some sort of biological advantage over cis women athletes, asserting that because she was not a standout athlete in the men’s category, she has come out of nowhere to be a standout athlete in the women’s category. There have been many claims that Lia was “never in the category of standout athlete” before she transitioned. LIE #2: Lia changed from 462nd on the men’s team to 1st on the women’s team and is therefore “unfair.” Lia also got 5th in the 200 free, and 8th in the 100 free. (Lia won by 1.75 seconds, Brooke would have beat Lia by 1.9 seconds.) If Lia’s competitor Brooke Forde (who got 4th behind Lia) had gone her best time of 4:31.34, Brooke Forde would have beat Lia by nearly 2 seconds – more than Lia won by. See more of Laine's work at his website, Facebook page, and Instagram.Īll by images Kristian Laine and used with permission.NCAA Championships gold and silver finishers in 500 Free It was determined he suffers a rare genetic mutation, causing an abnormal redness in his skin. He’s even on the radar of National Geographic, who confirmed his color was not due to infection or irregularities in diet. Laine says the manta seem unfazed by having his photo taken, describing it as “extremely calm.” Looking back on the 30-minute exchange, the photographer says: “I felt a connection there.”Īfter returning to shore, Laine discovered the “bubblegum pink” manta is the most famous (and yet hard to find) inhabitant known to locals, and is named Inspector Clouseau. I had no idea there were any pink mantas in the world, so I was confused and thought my strobes were broken or doing something weird. Only when I fired my strobes to take a photo, I noticed its pink color. I was looking through the viewfinder and locked eyes with it. He witnessed a manta train (when a group of males chases a female) and after taking a photo using strobes, saw one was a rare pink color. Kristian Laine was diving near Lady Elliot Island in Australia, home to many colourful fish, when he made the discovery.
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