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The executive order “Keep men from the sports sports“Ensures that the next generation of female athletes has a fair chance to compete with safety, privacy and equal opportunities they deserve.
I am grateful for president Donald Trump‘S Swift Action in fulfilling its campaign blade to protect women’s sport. The clarity and decision -making of this administration sends a strong message to women and girls throughout the country: we matter.
Women’s Sports are made to celebrate and protect our unique physical properties, so that we can develop trust, resilience, leadership and determination. Our category is separate from men – not because we are inferior, but because we are different. We have different physiological characteristics, such as lung capacity, length, limb ratios and heart size. These differences influence performance, especially in endurance sports where every breath counts.
President Donald Trump signs the No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty images)
Supplementary, Female athletes run different risksSuch as higher sensitivity to stress fractures, ACL tears and the female athlete triade, which can lead to low energy availability, irregular menstrual cycles and weakened bones. These disorders are women a greater risk of injuries, eating disorders, anxiety, depression and long -term recovery times.
Competing against other women is already a demanding physical challenge – but at least it is an honest one. Ignoring male physical benefit is contradictory with science and common sense, violates the privacy of female athletes in changing rooms and leads to prevent injuries.
I started swimming in 4 years old. After 18 years of debilitating practices, strict nutrition plans, disciplined sleeping schedules, physical rehabilitation and social sacrifices, I earned the opportunity to compete at the highest level.
During my last year at the University of Kentucky I was arranged in third place in the nation and I was familiar with the second in second place. However, I had never heard of the swimmer in the first place – a rarity in elite competition, where top athletes usually know each other. After some research I discovered that the top swimmer, Lia ThomasHad participated as Will Thomas the previous year in the men’s team, on the ranking of 462. He was (and still is) a man.
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I assumed that the NCAA would recognize the unfairness of the situation, as my teammates and I did. I expected that they would intervene to protect fairness and privacy in sports sports. But instead they did nothing. We have the violating experience of the fact that he was forced to share a dressing room with Thomas and watched how he dominated the most impressive and accomplished female swimmers in the world throughout body lengths.
In the 200 Freestyle, Thomas and I tied to the hundredth of a second. Yet the NCAA Thomas gave the trophy. When I asked why, an official told me that they had advised that Thomas had to hold the trophy for photos. At that time it became painfully clear: the NCAA was willing to ignore, undermine and betray female athletes to validate the feelings and identity of a man.
Lia Thomas and Riley Gaines after ending in the 200 Freestyle Finals on the NCAA Swiming and Diving Championships on March 18, 2022 in Atlanta. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty images)
The actions of this administration offer for a long time Finding for female athletes who have been put aside and harassed because they dare to defend themselves. This executive order offers hope for the next generation, strengthening that honesty, safety and privacy in sports sports must be protected. Momentum is growing.
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In February 2025, the NCAA took first steps To restore honesty by limiting competition in women’s sports to women. However, the Ministry of Education has identified Mazen in the policy and acknowledged that more work is needed. At the NCAA, I insist to recognize and maintain the performance of female athletes and to correct the injustice that we have endured in recent years.
Fighting to protect women’s sport has not been easy. But courage arouses courage and there is strength in numbers. Let’s continue to defend the truth, common sense and the rights of women. The next generation of female athletes depends on us.
