evidence: Australian swimmers say fairness key as trans athlete Lia Thomas speaks out [...] Australia’s leading swimmers have backed the sport’s governing body, FINA, to make the appropriate call after transgender American athlete Lia Thomas said she hoped to swim in the US Olympic trials ahead of the Paris Games in 2024. [...] Thomas swam on the men’s team at Penn for three seasons before joining the women’s competition after a year off due to all college sport being cancelled in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.