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Executive Order”Get men out of female sports“Ensure that the next generation of female athletes has a fair opportunity to compete with the security, privacy and equal opportunities they deserve.
I thank the President Donald TrumpThe commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises to protect women’s movement was quickly taken. The clarity and decisiveness of this administration sends a strong message to women and girls across the country: We are important.
The Women’s Movement was created to celebrate and protect our unique physical attributes that enable us to develop confidence, resilience, leadership and determination. Our categories are separated from men – not because we are inferior, but because we are different. We have unique physiological characteristics such as lung capacity, height, limb proportion and heart size. These differences can affect performance, especially in endurance exercises where every breath is important.
President Donald Trump signed the Women’s Sports Executive Order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
also, Female athletes face different riskssuch as higher susceptibility fractures, ACL tear and female athlete triads, which can lead to lower energy, irregular menstrual cycles and weakened bones. These conditions put women at greater risk of harm, eating disorders, anxiety, depression and prolonged recovery time.
Competing with other women is already a tough physical challenge – but at least it is a fair challenge. Ignoring male physical advantages contradicts science and common sense, infringes on the privacy of female athletes in the locker room and leads to preventable harm.
I started swimming at the age of 4. After 18 years of hard work, strict nutritional plans, disciplined sleep schedules, physical recovery and social sacrifice, I have won the opportunity to compete at the highest level.
During my senior year at the University of Kentucky, I ranked third in the country and second in familiar swimmers. However, I have never heard of this swimmer ranking number one, a rare occasion in elite competitions where top athletes usually know each other. After some research, I found the highest ranking swimmer Lia ThomasThomas also competed in the men’s team last year, ranking 462nd. He is (and still) a man.
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I thought the NCAA would recognize the injustice of this situation as much as my teammates and I. I hope they will intervene to protect fairness and privacy in the women’s movement. But instead, they did nothing. We endured the illegal experience of being forced to share a locker room with Thomas and watched him dominate the world’s most impressive and accomplished female swimmers with his entire body length.
In 200 freestyles, Thomas and I were tied to one second. However, the NCAA gave Thomas the trophy. When I asked why, an official told me that they were told Thomas needed to take a trophy to take pictures. In that moment, it became very clear: the NCAA was willing to ignore, destroy and betray female athletes to verify the feelings and identities of men.
Lia Thomas and Riley Gaines tied for the 200 freestyle finals in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Atlanta on March 18, 2022. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The actions of this government provide long-term overdue Defence of female athletes They are harassed and harassed for their daring to defend themselves. The executive order provides hope for the next generation, strengthening the need to protect fairness, security and privacy in the women’s movement. The momentum is growing.
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February 2025, NCAA takes initial steps Restore fairness by limiting competition in women’s movement to women. However, the Ministry of Education has identified loopholes in the policy and acknowledged that more work is needed. I urge the NCAA to recognize and uphold the achievements of female athletes and correct the injustices we have suffered in the past few years.
Fighting for the protection of women’s movement is not easy. But courage will bring courage, and quantity will bring strength. Let us continue to defend the truth, common sense, and women’s rights. The next generation of female athletes depends on us.
