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By Andrew Holleran An Olympic swimmer who competed against Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has made her opinion on the matter extremely clear. Thomas, a transgender swimmer for the Penn women's team, won the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Championships this week. Erica Sullivan, an Olympic silver medalist who came in third in the event, is speaking out in support of Thomas. “All athletes — including transgender athletes — deserve to be respected and included, exactly as we are,” Sullivan wrote in an op-ed for Newsweek. “Throughout my life, swimming has enabled me to learn so much both in …
