evidence: Controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas will not take part in the upcoming Paris Olympics after losing a legal battle in which she argued the rules prohibiting her from participating were "invalid and unlawful." [...] Thomas filed suit against World Aquatics (WA), the world governing body for water sports including swimming, seeking to overturn their 2022 policy prohibiting athletes who have been through "any part of male puberty" from competing in the female category, The Guardian reported. The matter was adjudicated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a Swiss-based international body for settling disputes that arise within the world of high-level athletics, which wrote in its 24-page decision that Thomas was "simply not entitled to engage with eligibility to compete in WA competitions."