Lia Thomas swam at the 2022 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech. Brett Davis/USA Today Sports/Reuters

In a rare interview, Lia Thomas described what life was like as arguably the most prominent transgender swimmer in the world.

Thomas has been the subject of global scrutiny after winning a host of NCAA women’s races, triggering an outcry from those who thought she – as a transgender woman – held an unfair advantage over her competitors.

The issue was given extra attention after the Trump administration ordered the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), for whom Thomas competed, to erase the transgender swimmer’s records.

In July, Penn modified a trio of school records set by Thomas and said it would apologize to the female athletes she competed against.

In an ex

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