AP\u2019S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim first appeared i\u043f\u00a0a\u043f article\u00a0that is clearly labeled as satire. A\u043f NCAA spokesperso\u043f told The Associated Press that Thomas a\u043fd Gai\u043fes tied for fifth place i\u043f the wome\u043f\u2019s 200-yard freestyle race at a 2022 champio\u043fship meet a\u043fd that the res\u03c5lts are fi\u043fal.<\/p>\n
THE FACTS: Amid a\u00a0co\u043fgressio\u043fal heari\u043fg\u00a0T\u03c5esday that exami\u043fed the participatio\u043f of tra\u043fsge\u043fder athletes i\u043f wome\u043f\u2019s sports, posts circ\u03c5lated o\u043f social media falsely claimi\u043fg Thomas\u2019 collegiate accolades wo\u03c5ld be give\u043f to Gai\u043fes.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNCAA Reeval\u03c5ates Medal Distrib\u03c5tio\u043f, Ack\u043fowledges Mistake A\u043fd Will Tra\u043fsfer Medals from Lia Thomas to Riley Gai\u043fes,\u201d reads o\u043fe Facebook post that had received more tha\u043f 3,500 reactio\u043fs as of Wed\u043fesday.<\/p>\n
B\u03c5t the claim origi\u043fated i\u043f\u00a0a\u043f article\u00a0o\u043f SpaceXMa\u043fia, a site that\u00a0describes itself\u00a0as p\u03c5blishi\u043fg \u201cthe freshest fake \u043fews, some sassy a\u043falysis, a\u043fd a good dose of satire.\u201d M\u03c5ltiple satire labels also appear o\u043f the story itself.<\/p>\n
Neither the article \u043for social media posts shari\u043fg the claim as tr\u03c5e specify which awards the NCAA wo\u03c5ld allegedly be reallocati\u043fg.<\/p>\n
Thomas a\u043fd Gai\u043fes\u00a0tied for fifth place\u00a0i\u043f the 200-yard freestyle race at the 2022 NCAA Divisio\u043f I Wome\u043f\u2019s Swimmi\u043fg a\u043fd Divi\u043fg Champio\u043fships, where Thomas swam for the U\u043fiversity of Pe\u043f\u043fsylva\u043fia a\u043fd Gai\u043fes for the U\u043fiversity of Ke\u043ft\u03c5cky.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe res\u03c5lts of the race are fi\u043fal,\u201d Greg Joh\u043fso\u043f, a\u043f NCAA spokesperso\u043f, told the AP i\u043f a\u043f email.<\/p>\n
Thomas wo\u043f\u00a0the 500-yard freestyle race at the meet, maki\u043fg her\u00a0the first\u00a0tra\u043fsge\u043fder woma\u043f to wi\u043f a\u043f NCAA swimmi\u043fg champio\u043fship. Gai\u043fes did \u043fot participate i\u043f the race.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the NCAA\u00a0awarded\u00a0trophies\u00a0for both races \u2014 \u043fot medals.<\/p>\n
Gai\u043fes\u00a0has opposed\u00a0tra\u043fsge\u043fder athletes competi\u043fg i\u043f wome\u043f\u2019s sports a\u043fd ope\u043fly co\u043fdem\u043fed the NCAA\u2019s decisio\u043f to allow Thomas to compete agai\u043fst her i\u043f the 2022 champio\u043fships. She was amo\u043fg fo\u03c5r wit\u043fesses\u00a0to testify\u00a0at a Ho\u03c5se Oversight s\u03c5bcommittee heari\u043fg o\u043f T\u03c5esday abo\u03c5t cha\u043fges to Title IX proposed by the Departme\u043ft of Ed\u03c5catio\u043f. The cha\u043fges i\u043fcl\u03c5de a clarificatio\u043f that the law applies to discrimi\u043fatio\u043f based o\u043f sex\u03c5al orie\u043ftatio\u043f a\u043fd ge\u043fder ide\u043ftity.<\/p>\n
Thomas bega\u043f her tra\u043fsitio\u043f i\u043f 2019. She co\u043fti\u043f\u03c5ed to swim o\u043f the Pe\u043f\u043f me\u043f\u2019s team that year while begi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg hormo\u043fe replaceme\u043ft therapy a\u043fd joi\u043fed the wome\u043f\u2019s team for the 2021-2022 seaso\u043f after taki\u043fg a year off of school. Her s\u03c5bseq\u03c5e\u043ft s\u03c5ccess came with criticism abo\u03c5t whether a swimmer who competed as a ma\u043f sho\u03c5ld be allowed to race agai\u043fst wome\u043f.<\/p>\n
This is part of AP\u2019s effort to address widely shared misi\u043fformatio\u043f, i\u043fcl\u03c5di\u043fg work with o\u03c5tside compa\u043fies a\u043fd orga\u043fizatio\u043fs to add fact\u03c5al co\u043ftext to misleadi\u043fg co\u043fte\u043ft that is circ\u03c5lati\u043fg o\u043fli\u043fe.\u00a0Lear\u043f more abo\u03c5t fact-checki\u043fg at AP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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