![]() ![]() I am a 2016 Rio Olympian, represented Virginia Tech for the past 5 years, a 2 time ACC Champion, 2 time All-American and 3 time Honorable Mention All-American. First, I would like to remind everyone that I am a human being and that as a human being I experience feelings and emotions. I would like to address this past week’s events and express my thoughts. The swimmer did, however, criticize the NCAA’s rules “that allow to compete against us, who are biological women.” In her statement, Gyorgy said that she respects and fully stands with Thomas, and that Thomas, like all of her fellow swimmers, worked hard and sacrificed in order to compete at such a high level. While Gyorgy did not post these messages and was not banned from Twitter, the swimmer has released a statement regarding Thomas and the NCAA rules. She confirmed to Reuters that the account didn’t belong to her and added: “I don’t have Twitter!” ![]() When this account was banned for violating Twitter’s rules against impersonating real people, social media users falsely claimed that Gyorgy was being censored by big tech.īut Gyorgy was not censored by Twitter, because this account didn’t belong to Gyorgy. Thanks for all the support retweets and follows I wont stop fighting.” Until we all refuse to compete nothing will change. The message - which, again, did not come from Gyorgy - read: “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male. This fake account posted a message calling on women athletes to boycott sports until transgender athletes are banned. This was an imposter account that was posing as Gyorgy. While the above-displayed account displaying the handle was truly suspended from Twitter, this account did not belong to the Virginia Tech swimmer. In March 2022, false rumors were circulated on social media that Reka Gyorgy, a collegiate swimmer from Virginia Tech, had been suspended from Twitter after she posted criticism of Lia Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania swimmer who became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship when she finished the 500-yard freestyle in four minutes, 33.24 seconds.
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