The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer ...

By Alaa Elassar, Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — In a few short years, Riley Gaines has channeled a fifth-place tie with Lia Thomas – the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title ...

Former University of Pennsylvania swimmers who were teammates with trans athlete Lia Thomas are speaking out after the Trump administration reached an agreement with the school to keep biological ...

Riley Gaines, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, famously tied Lia Thomas for fifth place in the 200 Freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships last year.

Lia Thomas of the University of Pennsylvania competes in a freestyle event against Yale and Dartmouth at Sheerr Pool on Penn's campus on Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. (Hunter Martin/Getty Images) ...

Lia Thomas will be wiped from the University of Pennsylvania record books ... with the school agreeing to remove any trace of the transgender swimmer's success as part of a deal with the government.

For her part, Thomas rarely speaks publicly and has instead chosen to fight for her right to play out in the courts. She did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment.

Former University of Pennsylvania swimmers who were teammates with trans athlete Lia Thomas are speaking out after the Trump administration reached an agreement with the school to keep biological ...

Lia Thomas of the University of Pennsylvania competes in a freestyle event against Yale and Dartmouth at Sheerr Pool on Penn's campus on Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia.