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Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Monika Burzynska said she was assigned the locker next to Lia Thomas when the transgender athlete joined the women’s swim team in 2021. Burzynska previously knew the athlete as Will Thomas, a member of the men’s swimming team at UPenn.
“He wasn’t very social,” Burzynska told Fox News Digital, adding she had only ever had short, passing conversations with Thomas.
She thought Thomas had already graduated when her team was dealt the news that the athlete would be transitioning to join the women’s team starting in the 2021-22 season.
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University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas poses with teammates Hannah Kannan, Camryn Carter and Margot Kaczorowski after winning the 400-yard freestyle relay during the Ivy League Womens Swimming and Diving Championships on Feb. 19, 2022, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
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