Riley Gaines and NCAA athletes to testify in Georgia whether they competed against Lia Thomas and shared a locker room with her
FIRST ON FOX: Five NCAA All-American athletes, including OutKick.com contributor Riley Gaines, will testify in Georgia about their experiences competing against and sharing a locker room with a biological male.
Earlier this month, the Georgia State Senate established a special committee on women’s sports to analyze the issue of biological males competing against female athletes.
Fox News Digital has learned that the first topic of the committee’s investigation will focus on the 2022 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, in which biological swimmer Lia Thomas competed for the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team.
Also testifying at the hearings will be Riley Gaines, host of “Gaines for Girls,” who competed against and ultimately tied with Thomas, who identifies as a woman, in the 200-yard dash at the NCAA championships.
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Gaines and other women involved in the tournament reportedly recall not only competing but also being forced to share a locker room with Thomas.
Also testifying will be athletes Reka Gyorgy, Kylee Alons, Grace Countie and Kaitlynn Wheeler – all members of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICWS), which filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in March accusing the association of knowingly violating Title IX by allowing Thomas to participate.
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The athletes will reportedly “explain how they were harmed by the actions of Georgia Tech University and the NCAA and what needs to be done to protect women in the future,” according to their lead attorney, William Bock III.
“My priority is to ensure that female athletes across Georgia have the right to compete under fair and equal conditions, and I will not relent in that effort,” said Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (R-Georgia) in an announcement from the select committee. “We will not stand idly by while radical politicians, sports associations, schools and colleges push through policies that threaten that right.”
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The first hearing will take place on Tuesday, August 27, at the Georgia State Capitol.
Georgia Tech University and the NCAA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.