The University of Virginia&#8217;s Emma Weyant was praised as the &#8220;real winner&#8221; after she came in second to biologically male transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship 500 yard freestyle on Thursday.
&#8220;Round of applause for Emma Weyant, the UVA swimmer who placed second in the 500y freestyle tonight, behind Lia Thomas,&#8221; Angela Morabito posted. &#8220;Second is the new first.&#8221;
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Round of applause for Emma Weyant, the UVA swimmer who placed second in the 500y freestyle tonight, behind Lia Thomas. Second is the new first. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/savewomenssports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#savewomenssports</a> <a href="https://t.co/NtHookm3qQ">pic.twitter.com/NtHookm3qQ</a>
&mdash; Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) <a href="https://twitter.com/AngelaLMorabito/status/1504617589221244929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Congratulations to Emma Weyant for being the real winner of the woman’s 500,&#8221; Jake Shields wrote.
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Congratulations to Emma Weyant for being the real winner of the woman’s 500 <a href="https://t.co/YPJsikJZok">pic.twitter.com/YPJsikJZok</a>
&mdash; Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1504754261304897539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;This is Emma Weyant from the University of Virginia. She finished in second place to Lia Thomas in the women’s 500 Free at the NCAA national championships,&#8221; commented American Principles. &#8220;But she’s the true winner to all of us.&#8221;
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This is Emma Weyant from the University of Virginia. 
She finished in second place to Lia Thomas in the women’s 500 Free at the NCAA national championships.
But she’s the true winner to all of us. <a href="https://t.co/RbMAT3w2Dz">pic.twitter.com/RbMAT3w2Dz</a>
&mdash; American Principles 🇺🇸 (@approject) <a href="https://twitter.com/approject/status/1504650166430838819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Here’s the name you should remember and lobby for: Emma Weyant,&#8221; Erik Reed said. &#8220;She’s at UVA. She finished second place, but would have been first place if people had the courage to speak up about the injustice of a MAN competing against women. Weyant’s time was a career best. <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRealChamp?src=hashtag_click">#TheRealChamp</a>.&#8221;
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Here’s the name you should remember and lobby for: Emma Weyant. She’s at UVA. She finished second place, but would have been first place if people had the courage to speak up about the injustice of a MAN competing against women. 
Weyant’s time was a career best. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRealChamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheRealChamp</a> <a href="https://t.co/wrsS7Ocf75">https://t.co/wrsS7Ocf75</a>
&mdash; Erik Reed (@ErikReed) <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikReed/status/1504617777591640068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;In case you want to know how far gone America is, we just took an NCAA championship away from Olympic individual silver medalist Emma Weyant, a true exemplar of feminine athleticism, and awarded it to someone with a penis who was competing as a men&#8217;s swimmer last year,&#8221; Jeremy Carl bluntly posted.
https://twitter.com/jeremycarl4/status/1504613244891238403
&#8220;Emma Weyant won,&#8221; Courtney Kirchoff asserted. &#8220;She&#8217;s the first female to finish. She didn&#8217;t finish in second place. She finished first in the women&#8217;s 500 Free.&#8221;
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Emma Weyant won. She&#39;s the first female to finish. She didn&#39;t finish in second place. She finished first in the women&#39;s 500 Free. <a href="https://t.co/Ch0agSgpSO">https://t.co/Ch0agSgpSO</a>
&mdash; Courtney Kirchoff (@Courtneyscoffs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Courtneyscoffs/status/1504841960338636802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Congrats to Virginia freshman Emma Weyant, the woman who would have won tonight’s NCAA title in the 500 meter if women’s sports were still sane,&#8221; wrote Clay Travis.
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Congrats to Virginia freshman Emma Weyant, the woman who would have won tonight’s NCAA title in the 500 meter if women’s sports were still sane. <a href="https://t.co/KYYKbIr8nt">https://t.co/KYYKbIr8nt</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1504661644575592449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
A Virginia Tech swimmer on Thursday spoke out publicly after her teammate was crushed by the “inclusion” of Thomas.
“I’ve got a teammate who did not make the final today because she was just bumped out of finals,” the collegiate swimmer told Rapid Fire’s <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidFire_Pod">Savanah Hernandez</a>. “It’s heartbreaking to see someone who went through puberty as a male and has the body of a male be able to absolutely blow away the competition.”
“She was very emotional, and it’s hard to see because it’s her last NCAAs; she really loves that race, and it was just heartbreaking that she put all of her efforts into it today … one of the best times that’s she went in a morning session and still not make it back,” she described. “It’s hard to see someone who works every day and every night still not be able to compete against someone like that.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-virginia-tech-swimmer-bravely-speaks-out-against-biological-man-lia-thomas-says-teammate-brought-to-tears">WATCH: Virginia Tech Swimmer Bravely Speaks Out Against Biological Man Lia Thomas, Says Teammate Brought To Tears</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-was-a-south-park-episode-social-media-erupts-after-lia-thomas-crushes-female-competitors-at-ncaa-tourney">‘This Was A South Park Episode’: Social Media Erupts After Lia Thomas Crushes Female Competitors At NCAA Tourney</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mom-speaks-out-in-explosive-video-over-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-a-full-grown-male-taking-from-women">Mom Speaks Out In Explosive Video Over Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas: ‘A Full-Grown Male’ ‘Taking’ From Women</a>

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